‖ gravedo
(grəˈviːdəʊ)
[L. gravēdō heaviness (in the limbs or head), f. gravis heavy.]
A cold in the head; coryza.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Gravedo, Heaviness: Also the Pose or stuffing of the Head, a Disease. 1744 Armstrong Preserv. Health i. 319 Fierce coughs will teize you..Or moist Gravedo load your aching brows. 1781 Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 23 Oct., The Gravedo is not removed. 1803 Med. Jrnl. X. 140 The..affections of the chest and head, the cough, gravedo, sneezing, vertigo, and catarrh. 1886 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |