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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Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Chin Cough :: Chin cough () Whooping cough.
Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a 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..
Singultus :: Singultus (n.) Hiccough.
Coughing :: Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coug.
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
Tussicular :: Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a cough.
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..
Coughed :: Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Coug.
Singult :: Singult (n.) A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough..
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..
Hiccough :: Hiccough (v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Singultous :: Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse..
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