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cough

DEFINITIONS OF: cough

1

n a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

Synonyms:
coughing
Type of:
symptom
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

v exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

“The smoker coughs all day”
Types:
hack, whoop
cough spasmodically
clear the throat, hawk
clear mucus or food from one's throat
Type of:
cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
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