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Is there a medical term for the common cold?
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URI: We call it either the common cold or an upper respiratory infection (uri).
Answered 12/29/2022
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URI: Upper respiratory infection, or uri, is commonly used by physicians as a diagnostic term to include symptoms that most people understand as the common cold. The cold is caused by various viruses, but a URI can also include bacterial infections.
Answered 2/4/2017
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