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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Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..
Kink :: Kink (n.) A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter..
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Hickup :: Hickup (n. & v. i.) See Hiccough.
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
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..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough..
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..
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..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough..
Tussicular :: Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a 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..
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..
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..
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Hiccoughing :: Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiccoug.
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