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Definition: Rhinitis |
RhinitisNoun1. An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rhinitis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Rhinitis \Rhi*ni"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression the nose -itis.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: RhinitisSynonym: coryza (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Thia patient with congenital syphilis is exhibiting rhagades, which are cracks or fissures in the skin around the mouth. Such a rare type of facial disfigurement, results from persistent infantile syphilitic rhinitis. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If you have allergic rhinitis or hay fever, you can develop episodes of acute sinusitis. (references) | |
Scientific studies have shown a close relationship between having allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis. (references) | ||
In fact, some studies state that up to 80 percent of adults with chronic sinusitis also had allergic rhinitis. (references) | ||
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| "Rhinitis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rhinitis" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "rhinitis": Allergic Rhinitis ♦ vasomotor rhinitis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "rhinitis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | التهاب مخاطية الأنف. (various references) | |
Chinese | 鼻炎 . (various references) | |
Danish | rhinitis (cold). (various references) | |
Dutch | rhinitis (cold, common cold, coryza, nasal catarrh). (various references) | |
Farsi | ورم غشاء مخاطی بینی(طب). (various references) | |
Finnish | nuha (cold, cold in the head). (various references) | |
French | rhume, rhinite (rheumy). (various references) | |
German | Rhinitis. (various references) | |
Greek | καταρροή (catarrh, snuffles), ρινίτιδα (cold). (various references) | |
Indonesian | radang selaput lendir. (various references) | |
Italian | rinite (cold). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 萎縮性鼻炎 (atrophic rhinitis), 肥厚性鼻炎 (hypertrophic rhinitis), 乾燥性前鼻炎 (rhinitis sicca anterior). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひ"うせいびえ" (hypertrophic rhinitis), か"そうせいぜ"びえ" (rhinitis sicca anterior), いしゅくせいびえ" (atrophic rhinitis). (various references) | |
Manx | lostey stronney. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | initisrhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rinite. (various references) | |
Russian | ринит. (various references) | |
Spanish | rinitis (coryza). (various references) | |
Swedish | vasomotorisk rhinit (vasomotor rhinitis), nyssjuka (bull nose, porcine atrophic rhinitis), atrofisk rinit (bull nose, porcine atrophic rhinitis), atrofisk rhinit (bull nose, porcine atrophic rhinitis). (various references) | |
Thai | โรคเยื่อจมูกอักเสบ. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | риніт. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "rhinitis" (pronounced 'Rhi*ni"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-i-i-n-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: iritis. | |
-3 letters: hints, intis, rishi, shirt, thins. | |
-4 letters: hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, inti, iris, nisi, nits, rins, shin, shri, sinh, sith, snit, stir, thin, thir, this, tins. | |
-5 letters: hin, his, hit, ins, its, nit, nth, rin, sin, sir, sit, sri, tin, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-i-i-n-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: disinherit, histrionic, inhibitors, rhinitides. | |
+3 letters: christiania, disheriting, disinherits, histrionics, rightsizing, trichinizes, trichinosis. | |
+4 letters: chlorinities, christianias, chronicities, disinherited, inheritrices, inheritrixes, prohibitions. | |
+5 letters: antiarthritis, disinheriting, exhibitioners, firefightings, hairsplitting, histaminergic, historicizing, ornithischian, scintigraphic, subinhibitory, thioridazines. | |
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