Definition of Rhinitis

1. Noun. An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge).

Exact synonyms: Coryza
Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor
Specialized synonyms: Allergic Rhinitis

Definition of Rhinitis

1. n. Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils.

Definition of Rhinitis

1. Noun. (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhinitis

1. inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose [n RHINITIDES]

Medical Definition of Rhinitis

1. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhinitis

rhinaster
rhinectomies
rhinectomy
rhinedema
rhinencephala
rhinencephalic
rhinencephalon
rhinenchysis
rhines
rhinestone
rhinestoned
rhinestones
rhinion
rhinism
rhinitides
rhinitis (current term)
rhinitis medicamentosa
rhinitis nervosa
rhinitis sicca
rhino
rhino-
rhinoanemometer
rhinocanthectomy
rhinocele
rhinocephaly
rhinoceri
rhinocerical
rhinoceroi
rhinoceros
rhinoceros beetle

Literary usage of Rhinitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"I would suggest naming it Bacillus rhinitis. This bacillus was observed in smears in thirty ... It produced a rhinitis in the human subject and in a dog. ..."

2. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"I have time and again seen an acute rhinitis develop in one member of a family and pass through the entire household of perhaps six or eight persons, ..."

3. A Text-book of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1907)
"Simple chronic rhinitis is a chronic inflammation of the nasal mucous ... Simple chronic rhinitis is due either to repeated attacks of the acute form or to ..."

4. A Text-book of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1900)
"Acute rhinitis in Constitutional Diseases. 1. Measles. 3. Scarlet Fever. 2. ... Acute coryza ; Acute idiopathic rhinitis ; Acute nasal ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Further observations on the bacteriology of rhinitis, with special reference to an anerobic organism (Bacillus rhinitis'). J. Infect. ..."

6. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"Molds may develop to such an extent that true pathological lesions obtain.2 rhinitis. At present the infectious nature of the catarrhal conditions known as ..."

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