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Hack :: Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough..

Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..

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

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

Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.

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..

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..

Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..

Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.

Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.

Singultus :: Singultus (n.) Hiccough.

Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough..

Chin Cough :: Chin cough () Whooping cough.

Croupy :: Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough..

Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse..

Asthmatical :: Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient..

Asthma :: Asthma (n.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration..

Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..

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..

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