COUGH, TUBAL
\kˈɒf], \kˈɒf], \k_ˈɒ_f]\
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Cough is so termed, when the succussion communicated by it to the parietes of the chest is very energetic, and a sensation is experienced by the ear as if a column of air was traversing tubes with solid walls, with much noise, strength, and rapidity.
By Robley Dunglison