What is the medical term used to refer to the common cold?

The common cold, also called viral rhinitis, is one of the most common infectious diseases in humans.

When was the word cold invented?

c. 1300, “coldness of an object to the touch, relative absence of heat,” from cold (adj.). Meaning “sensation produced by loss of heat from the body or some part of it” is from c. 1200.

Which viruses can cause the common cold?

More than 200 types lead to your misery, but the most common one is the rhinovirus, which is thought to be responsible for at least 50\% of colds. Other viruses that can cause colds include coronavirus, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and parainfluenza.

Does cold really exist?

Believe it or not, cold does not actually exist. What you’re experieincing when you experience cold, is the absence of heat. Temperature is the energy of clashing atoms. A cubic meter of deep space would make you freeze instantly due to the lack of atoms.

Where did the word HOT come from?

Old English hat “hot, flaming, opposite of cold,” used of the sun or air, of fire, of objects made hot; also “fervent, fierce, intense, excited,” from Proto-Germanic *haita- (source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian het, Old Norse heitr, Middle Dutch and Dutch heet, German heiß “hot,” Gothic heito “heat of a fever”).

Can a common cold turn into pneumonia?

However, pneumonia can develop as a secondary bacterial infection after the flu or a cold. Pneumonia, ear infections, and bronchitis can all result from flu or cold. Bacterial infections are the most common cause of pneumonia in adults.

What was transferred when you dipped your finger into the cold water?

This is heat transfer due to the evaporation of water molecules on the surface of your skin. This happens over and over again, as higher energy water molecules vaporize, leaving water molecules with lower average kinetic energy, so heat transfer continues from your finger to the cooler water molecules.