postnasal drip

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   chronic secretion of mucus from the rear of the nasal cavity into the nasopharynx

   Broadersymptom

Questions about postnasal drip

What does postnasal drip mean?

postnasal drip means "chronic secretion of mucus from the rear of the nasal cavity into the nasopharynx".

Is postnasal drip a common word?

postnasal drip is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.