COUGH
\kˈɒf], \kˈɒf], \k_ˈɒ_f]\
Definitions of COUGH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
By Princeton University
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sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.
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To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
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To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.
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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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The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.
By Oddity Software
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A sudden, audible expulsion of air from the lungs through a partially closed glottis, preceded by inhalation. It is a protective response that serves to clear the trachea, bronchi, and/or lungs of irritants and secretions, or to prevent aspiration of foreign materials into the lungs.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To expel air from the lungs by a violent effort.
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To expel from the lungs.
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An effort of the lungs to expel irritating matter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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An effort of the lungs to throw off injurious matter, accompanied by a harsh sound, proceeding from the throat.
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To make this effort.
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To expel from the throat or lungs by a cough.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
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Sudden noisy expulsion of air from lungs. It is dry, when without expectoration; or wet, when attended by expectoration.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A violent expulsion of air from the lungs, either voluntary, for the purpose of expelling some substance from the air passages, or involuntary, as the result of a sensation of irritation in the air passages.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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