Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word -ette. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: -ette(Suffix) Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something. cigarette, kitchenette, diskette. -ette(Suffix) Used to form nouns meaning the female equivalent of.
The common cold (also known as nasopharyngitis, rhinopharyngitis, acute coryza, head cold, or simply a cold) is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which primarily affects the nose.o cure for the common cold exists, but the symptoms can be treated. It is the most frequent infectious disease in humans with the average adult getting two to three colds a year and the average child getting between six and twelve. These infections have been with humanity since ancient times.
âTypically the common cold is viral and cold sores are also viral, but it is typically two different viruses so they are not necessarily related,â said Dr. Margaret Morel-Pelitere, an internal medicine physician at Ochsner Baptist Medical Center in New Orleans. When you have a cold, you know it.