common cold

     

Acute viral nasopharyngitis, or acute coryza, usually known as the common col, is a highly contagious, viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, primarily caused by picornaviruses (including rhinoviruses) or coronaviruses.

Trivia about common cold

  • In 1956 it was discovered that hamsters could be infected with this "common" human malady
  • Acute viral disease of upper respiratory tract, marked by a “ruddy dose”
  • Aberican Heritage defides it as a viral infection idflabing bucous bebrades liding upper respiratory passages
  • Linus Pauling's 1970 book was on "Vitamin C and" this ailment; by 1979 he'd moved up to "Cancer and Vitamin C"

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