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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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..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..
Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
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..
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..
Hiccoughing :: Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiccoug.
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease..
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Croupy :: Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough..
Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
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..
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..
Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..
Hickup :: Hickup (n. & v. i.) See Hiccough.
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..
Coughed :: Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Coug.
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
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