Definition of cough

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

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Coughed :: Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Coug.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse..
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..
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Asthmatical :: Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient..
Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Expectorate :: Expectorate (v. t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
Singultus :: Singultus (n.) Hiccough.
Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..
Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..
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..
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Whoop :: Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough..
Hickup :: Hickup (n. & v. i.) See 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..
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