Catarrh (noun)
Kat-ah
Excessive discharge or build-up of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane.
Early 16th century from French catarrhe, from late Latin catarrhus, from Greek katarrhous, from katarrhein ‘flow down’, from kata- ‘down’ + rhein ‘flow’.
Example sentences
“She was suffering from painful catarrh”
Hajji (noun) hadj-ee A muslim who has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or…
