Definition of cough

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Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..

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Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse..
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.
Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
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..
Tussicular :: Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a cough.
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..
Coughing :: Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coug.
Whoop :: Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Singultous :: Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough..
Croupy :: Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough..
Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
Kink :: Kink (n.) A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter..
Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease..
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A shout; a whoop, as in 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..
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