"rhinorrhoea
clinical sign
clinical examination The free discharge of a thin nasal mucus"
http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?rh...

"Rhinorrhea, commonly referred to as runny nose, consists of a significant amount of nasal fluid. It is a symptom of the common cold and of allergies (hay fever). The term is a combination of the Greek words "rhinos" meaning "of the nose" and "-rrhea" meaning "discharge or flow".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinorrhea

rhinorrhoea - also known as or related to rhinorrhea, runny nose, discharge from nostrils, discharge from nose, nasal discharge, nasal discharge (disorder)
http://www.patient.co.uk/leaflets/rhinorrhoea.htm

"rhinorrhea, rhinorrhoea
1. A discharge from the nasal mucous membrane.
2. Escape of cerebrospinal fluid through the nose.
http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/vie...

“Pediatric pointers
Be aware that rhinorrhea in children may stem from choanal atresia, allergic or chronic rhinitis, acute ethmoiditis, or congenital syphilis. Assume that unilateral rhinorrhea and nasal obstruction is caused by a foreign body in the nose until proven otherwise.”
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/runny_...

"Rhinorrhö
Heftiger Nasenschleimfluß.
Liquorrhö aus der Nase bei frontorhinobasalen Schädel-Hirn-Verletzungen."
http://www.imedo.de/medizinlexikon/rhinorrhoe

Roche Lexikon Medizin, 5.Auflage; © Urban & Fischer Verlag
"Rhinorrhö
1) E: rhinorrhea
heftige Nasenschleimabsonderung.
2) E: CFS [sic] rhinorrhea
Liquorrhö aus der Nase (v.a. bei rhinobasaler Fraktur)."
http://www.tk-online.de/rochelexikon/

"Eine einseitige, eitrige Rhinorrhö ist bei Kindem verdächtig auf einen Fremdkörper oder eine Chonalatresie, bei Erwachsenen muss auch an ein Karzinom gedacht werden"
http://books.google.ch/books?id=XK-iKGkSWMcC...

following on from the topic of nasal mucus ...


I think LEO could also do with more entries for the commonly used "runny nose" (see links #2 and #3 above - suggestions for the German side ("Schnupfen"? "Fließschnupfen"? "laufende Nase"?) welcome

Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
runny adj (runnier, runniest) 1 tending to run or flow with liquid. 2 liquid; watery. 3 said of the nose: discharging mucous [sic].
ETYMOLOGY: 19c.
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/feat...