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Cough logo #10101) Cold symptom 2) Coryza symptom 3) Coughing 4) Discrete attention-getter 5) Do as the doctor says 6) Drop target 7) Engine sound 8) Exclusively Saxon word 9) Exclusively Anglo word 10) Give a subtle signal 11) Kind of drop 12) Lozenge target 13) Sort of syrup 14) Symptom 15) To make a noise like a cough
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Cough logo #10101) Coughing 2) Tussis
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Cough logo #21000 A cough (pronunciation Latin: tussis), is a sudden and often repetitively occurring reflex which helps to clear the large breathing passages from secretions, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. The cough reflex consists of three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs ...
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Cough logo #21002• (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse. • (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm. • (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease. • (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irr...
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cough logo #21003an expulsive reflex initiated when the respiratory tract is irritated by infection, noxious fumes, dust, or other types of foreign bodies. The ... [7 related articles]
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cough logo #20973<clinical sign> A rapid expulsion of air from the lungs typically in order to clear the lung airways of fluids, mucus, or material. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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cough logo #21001(kawf) a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs; called also tussis. to produce such an expulsion of air.
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Cough logo #20972Cough noun [ Cg. D. kuch . See Cough , intransitive verb ] 1. 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. 2. The more or less f...
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Cough logo #20972Cough transitive verb 1. To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up ; as, to cough up phlegm. 2. To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse. To cough down , to silence or put down (an objectio...
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Cough logo #20972Cough intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Coughed (k?ft); present participle & verbal noun Coughing .] [ Confer Dutch kuchen , Middle High German k...chen to breathe, German keuchen to pant, and English
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cough logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: cawf Definitions: 1. A sudden explosive forcing of air through the glottis, occurring immediately on opening the previously closed glottis, excited by mechanical or chemical irritation of the trachea or bronchi or by pressure from adjacent structures. 2. To force air through the glottis by a series of expiratory efforts. ....
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Cough logo #20909Cough: A rapid expulsion of air from the lungs typically in order to clear the lung airways of fluids, mucus, or material. Also called tussis.
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Cough logo #21217A cough is a sudden and forcible expiration immediately preceded by closure of the glottis or narrowed portion of the box of the windpipe. The force for the action is obtained by a deep breath, then follows the closure of the glottis, succeeded by the expiratory effort forcing open the glottis. The action is performed by the expiratory muscles, tha...
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Cough logo #21217Cough is British slang for to confess to a crime, to reluctantly give up information.
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cough logo #20400[n] - sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages 2. [n] - the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise 3. [v] - exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
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Cough logo #23720British slang for to confess to a crime, to reluctantly give up information.
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cough logo #20974coughing noun the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise
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cough logo #21199to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a harsh noise, often involuntarily. · (of an internal-combustion engine) to make a similar noise as a result of the failure of one or more cylinders to fire in sequence. · to make a similar sound, as a machine gun firing in spurts.
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