RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A rhinitis which involves inflammation of the nose characterized by atrophy of nasal mucosa including the glands, turbinate bones, and the nerve elements supplying the nose that is caused by heredity factors, endocrine imbalance, nutritional deficiency, bacterial infection and autoimmune issues. (DO)