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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Cough :: Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..
Tussicular :: Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a cough.
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough..
Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..
Hiccough :: Hiccough (v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Croup :: Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria..
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Hickup :: Hickup (n. & v. i.) See Hiccough.
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping 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..
Singult :: Singult (n.) A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough..
Singultous :: Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough..
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse..
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
Croupy :: Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough..
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