catarrh

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Bleeding, cold baths, opium and self-induced vomiting - and still Liverpool-born London doctor John Bostock couldn't find relief from the catarrh and blockages of the sinus that plagued him every summer.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2014

Yet he had also suffered from catarrh - blockages of the sinus and a general feeling of heaviness and tiredness - in June every year since the age of eight.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2014

Sputum, the tar of frequent No6s, catarrh, Spangles slivers and the reddish dye of aniseed balls gave the splotches the look of abstract expressionist artworks.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2011

He called himself a specialist and offered to treat "deafness, head noises from nasal catarrh," and only the American Medical Association objected.

From Time Magazine Archive

During Lent, they noted no meat passed my lips, not even a steaming broth when a bad catarrh confined me to the infirmary.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez