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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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..
Coughing :: Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coug.
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Singult :: Singult (n.) A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough..
Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
Singultous :: Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough..
Hickup :: Hickup (n. & v. i.) See Hiccough.
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..
Hiccough :: Hiccough (v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..
Asthmatical :: Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient..
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..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Singultus :: Singultus (n.) Hiccough.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Chin Cough :: Chin cough () Whooping cough.
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