Coryza is a word describing the symptoms of a head cold. Acute viral nasopharyngitis or acute coryza, usually known as the common cold, is a highly contagious viral Infectious disease of the ^[1] It describes the inflammation of the mucus membranes lining the nasal cavity which usually gives rise to the symptoms of nasal congestion and loss of smell, among other symptoms. Inflammation ( Latin, inflamatio, to set on fire is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli such as Pathogens The mucous membranes (or mucosae; singular mucosa) are linings of mostly endodermal origin covered in Epithelium, which are involved in The nasal cavity (or nasal fossa) is a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face It should be noted that coryza may not always have an infectious or allergenic etiology and can be due to something as innocuous as a cold wind or spicy food. An allergen is a nonparasitic Antigen capable of stimulating a Type-I hypersensitivity reaction in atopic individuals Etiology (alternatively aetiology, aitiology) is the study of causation. It is also a symptom of narcotic withdrawal.

Classically used in association with the "three Cs" of Measles infection: coryza, conjunctivitis, and cough. Measles (rubeola is a Disease caused by a virus specifically a Paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. Conjunctivitis (commonly called " Pink Eye " or " Red Eye " in North America and " Madras eye " in India) is an inflammation In Medicine, a cough ( Latin: tussis) is a sudden and often repetitively occurring defence Reflex which helps to clear the large breathing passages ^[2]

This word may have its roots in the Greek Koryza, which is likely to be compounded from "kara" and "zeein". Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly which are the noun for head and the verb, to boil. Coryza would therefore be a boiling over of the head.

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See also

• Rhinitis - another word for this set of symptoms
• Feline coryza

Rhinitis is the medical term describing irritation and inflammation of some internal areas of the Nose. Feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR is an upper respiratory infection of Cats caused by feline herpesvirus 1, of the family Herpesviridae.

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