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rhinitis

/ɹaɪˈnaɪtɪs/

rhinitis noun: inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose.

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Noun

rhinitis (plural rhinitides)

  1. (finding) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose.
    • Near-synonyms: rhinosinusitis; coryza; catarrh
  2. (broadly, metonymically, disease entity) cold; common cold.
    • Near-synonyms: rhinosinusitis; coryza; catarrh

rhinitis meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Persian and Vietnamese

rhinitis in Tamil

முக்குச்சளி நோய், மூக்கு அழற்சி, நாசியழற்சி, மூக்கழற்சி

rhinitis in Tagalog

inflammation
magang-ilong

rhinitis in Persian

inflammation
رینیت rinit

rhinitis in Vietnamese

inflammation
viêm mũi

Synonyms of rhinitis

Forms of rhinitis

pluralrhinitides

Origin of rhinitis

From rhin- + -itis.

Words formed from rhinitis

Questions about rhinitis

What does rhinitis mean?
Rhinitis means inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose.
What is rhinitis in Tamil?
Rhinitis in Tamil is முக்குச்சளி நோய், மூக்கு அழற்சி, நாசியழற்சி. See Rhinitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rhinitis?
Rhinitis is a noun.
How do you pronounce rhinitis?
Rhinitis is pronounced /ɹaɪˈnaɪtɪs/.
What is the plural of rhinitis?
The plural of rhinitis is rhinitides.

Words near rhinitis in the dictionary

  1. rhinid
  2. rhinids
  3. rhinion
  4. Rhinish
  5. rhinitides
  6. rhinitis
  7. rhinitis medicamentosa
  8. rhinitis sicca
  9. rhino
  10. rhino beetle
  11. rhino beetles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rhinitis (page history and authors); rhinitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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