Definition of cough

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Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..

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Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
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..
Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse..
Tussicular :: Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a cough.
Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
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..
Chin Cough :: Chin cough () Whooping cough.
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease..
Singultus :: Singultus (n.) Hiccough.
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..
Singult :: Singult (n.) A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough..
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping 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..
Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous 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..
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
Singultous :: Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough..
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