Common Cold

Definition: Common Cold

Common Cold

Noun

1. A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Common Cold

Crosswords: Common Cold

Doctor, you may yet cure the common cold. (Star Trek; writing credit: Walter Black; William Hamilton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on the Common Cold (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Common Cold and Flu (Diseases and People) (reference)

• In Cold Pursuit: Medical Intelligence Investigates the Common Cold (reference)

• Natural Remedies: Techniques for Preventing Headaches and the Common Cold (reference)

• The Common Cold (21st Century Health and Wellness) (reference)

• The Corpuscles Meet the Virus Invaders: Fun and Facts About the Common Cold and the Body's Immune System (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Common Cold (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The Cost Of The Common Cold & Influenza : Help To Keep The Nation Fighting Fit. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Health

The economic impact of the common cold is enormous. (references)

Some are harmless and others cause disease, such as the common cold or measles. (references)

Most cases of acute sinusitis start with a common cold, which is caused by a virus. (references)

Business

In urban areas, the hospital is the primary center for all kinds of care, from child delivery, birth control, and common cold treatment to chronic, intensive care and drug prescriptions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

coryza (cold, coryza, nasal catarrh), snue (avian infectious coryza, cold, coryza, fowl coryza, Haemophilus paragallinarum infection, infectious coryza, infectious coryza of chickens, infectious coryza of fowl, nasal catarrh, nasopharyngitis, rhinitis, rhinopharyngitis), forkoelelse (avian infectious coryza, cold, fowl coryza, Haemophilus paragallinarum infection, infectious coryza, infectious coryza of chickens, infectious coryza of fowl), forkølelse (cold). (various references)

Dutch

coryza (avian infectious coryza, coryza, fowl coryza, Haemophilus paragallinarum infection, infectious coryza, infectious coryza of chickens, infectious coryza of fowl, nasal catarrh), verkoudheid (cold), rhinitis (rhinitis), neusverkoudheid (cold), neuscatarre (coryza, nasal catarrh), gravedo (coryza, nasal catarrh). (various references)

French

coryza (cold, coryza), rhume commun, rhinite aiguë essentielle (coryza). (various references)

German

Coryza (coryza, nasal catarrh), Common cold. (various references)

Greek 

κοινό κρυολόγημα (coryza, nasal catarrh), οξεία ρινίτιδα (coryza, nasal catarrh). (various references)

Hungarian

megfázás (chill, colds), közönséges meghűlés. (various references)

Italian

corizza (coryza), rinite catarrale acuta (coryza, nasal catarrh). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

風邪 (cold). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふうじゃ (cold), かぜ (breeze, cold, flower bud, wind). (various references)

Pig Latin

ommoncay oldcay

Portuguese

coriza (coryza, nasal catarrh). (various references)

Russian 

простуда (catarrh, chill, cold). (various references)

Spanish

coriza (coryza, nasal catarrh), romadizo, rinitis (coryza, rhinitis). (various references)

Turkish

nezle (catarrh, cold, coryza, the sniffles, the snuffles). (various references)

Turkmen 

dьmew (flu, virus). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: cocoon, common, condom.

-5 letters: codon, colon, condo, mondo.

+5 letters: accommodational.