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Coughing :: Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coug.

Yex :: Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.

Hiccough :: Hiccough (v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.

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..

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

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

Asthmatical :: Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient..

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..

Bechic :: Bechic () Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough..

Yex :: Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.

Singultus :: Singultus (n.) 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..

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.

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..

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..

Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..

Pertussis :: Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.

Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.

Croupy :: Croupy (a.) Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough..

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