Definition of cough

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Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..

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Tussicular :: Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a cough.
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Hiccoughing :: Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiccoug.
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..
Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease..
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Croupy :: Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough..
Chin Cough :: Chin cough () Whooping cough.
Hiccough :: Hiccough (n.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough..
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Expectorate :: Expectorate (v. t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth..
Horehound :: Horehound (n.) A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc..
Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough..
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption..
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Coughed :: Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Coug.
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