a. [f. CATARRH sb. + -AL: in mod.F. catarrhal.] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, catarrh.

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1651.  Biggs, New Disp., ¶ 258. Catarrhall defects.

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1787.  Gentl. Mag., Nov., 1020/2. Catarrhal fevers have now become more frequent.

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1824.  J. Macculloch, Highl. Scotl., III. 193. The catarrhal phenomenon of St. Kilda.

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1848.  Kingsley, in Fraser’s Mag., 104. A soulless, skyless, catarrhal day.

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1870.  Rolleston, Anim. Life, Introd. p. xvii, note. A spasmodic and catarrhal affection not altogether unlike hay fever.

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