| catarrhal | Relating to or affected with catarrh. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| catarrhal asthma | Asthma precipitated by bronchitis. Synonym: catarrhal asthma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal fever | Old term for the group of respiratory tract diseases including the common cold, influenza, and lobular and lobar pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal gastritis | Gastritis with excessive secretion of mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal inflammation | An inflammatory process that is most frequent in the respiratory tract, but may occur in any mucous membrane, and is characterised by hyperaemia of the mucosal vessels, oedema of the interstitial tissue, enlargement of the secretory epithelial cells (which proliferate and form conspicuous globules of mucus), and an irregular layer of viscous, mucinous material on the surface; as exudation progresses, variable numbers of neutrophils migrate into the affected tissue and are included in the exudate, along with fragments of degenerated and necrotic epithelial cells; such an inflammation may frequently become mucopurulent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal jaundice | An obsolete term for viral hepatitis type A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catarrhal ophthalmia | A mild form of conjunctivitis with mucopurulent secretion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute catarrhal conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for conjunctivitis with marked hyperaemia and mucopurulent discharge, with a tendency toward spontaneous recovery. Synonym: mucopurulent conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malignant catarrhal fever | A highly fatal, sporadic disease of cattle caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (a member of the Herpesviridae family) and characterised by inflammation, ulceration, and exudation of the oral and upper respiratory mucous membranes, and sometimes eye lesions and nervous system disturbances. Synonym: malignant catarrh of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malignant catarrhal fever virus | A herpesvirus of wide distribution causing malignant catarrhal fever of cattle; sheep and wildebeests harbor inapparent infections and may transmit the virus to cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |