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

My intestinal catarrh left me the moment I left Uncle's.

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