Definition of cough

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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..

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Kink :: Kink (n.) A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter..
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
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..
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Singultus :: Singultus (n.) Hiccough.
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Singultous :: Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough..
Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough..
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
Hickup :: Hickup (n. & v. i.) See Hiccough.
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..
Chin Cough :: Chin cough () Whooping cough.
Hiccough :: Hiccough (v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Croupy :: Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough..
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping 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..
Hiccoughing :: Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiccoug.
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