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
- 1920 - A practical medical 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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
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1. A sudden explosive forcing of air through the glottis, excited by an effort to expel mucus or other matter from the bronchial tubes or larynx. 2. To force air through the glottis by a series of expiratory efforts.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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 Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To expel the air from the lungs with considerable force and noise; to expectorate.
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An effort of the lungs to throw off offending matter, as phlegm from the air passages, accompanied with considerable noise.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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