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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Hiccoughed :: Hiccoughed (imp. & p. p.) of Hiccoug.
Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..
Chin Cough :: Chin cough () 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..
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..
Tussicular :: Tussicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a cough.
Hoop :: Hoop (v. i.) To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop..
Coughed :: Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Coug.
Singultous :: Singultous (a.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough..
Hiccoughing :: Hiccoughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hiccoug.
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..
Whoop :: Whoop (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough..
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..
Hickup :: Hickup (n. & v. i.) See Hiccough.
Cougher :: Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
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..
Kinkhaust :: Kinkhaust (n.) Whooping cough.
Kink :: Kink (n.) A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter..
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..
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