cold virus
Common infection source
A cold virus is any of numerous viruses that cause the common cold—typically rhinoviruses, though coronaviruses and others also qualify.
The term appears in everyday speech more than medical contexts: I caught a cold virus from my kid, There's a cold virus going around the office.
Distinguished from flu viruses, which cause more severe illness.
- sneezeExplosive nasal reflex
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- runny noseNasal discharge symptom
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- sinus pressureBlocked cavity discomfort
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- coldsrhinovirus, runny nose, stuffy nose, sore throat, congestion
- Respiratory Infectionspneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, flu, tuberculosis
- Germsmicrobe, bacillus, pathogen, bacteria, fungus
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- Microbesbacteria, bacterium, mold, prokaryote, prokaryotes
- Virusescoronavirus, adenovirus, herpesvirus, enterovirus, norovirus
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Ebola virus · rabies virus · HIV · smallpox · smallpox virus
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Protected from harm
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