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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Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.
Hiccough :: Hiccough (v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Kink :: Kink (n.) A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Hem :: Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm..
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc..
Hiccoughing :: Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiccoug.
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Coughed :: Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Coug.
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
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..
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
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..
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..
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Coughing :: Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coug.
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