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Definitions of coughing in various dictionaries:
noun - a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages
verb - exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
verb - to expel air from the lungs noisily
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| Painful activity for one with a sore throat |
| Cold symptom |
| Noisily expelling air from the lungs |
| symptom of illness |
| Clearing throat |
| Clearing the throat |
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| Dextromethorphan is an antitussive, a drug taken to suppress this |
| On stage, the noise of this from the audience prompted John Barrymore to throw them a fish & say, "Here, you walruses!" |
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| expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound. |
| Present participle of cough. |
| A cough, the act of coughing. |
| Expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound. |
| An act or sound of coughing. |
| the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise |
| 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 |
| Coughing description |
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A cough is a sudden and often repetitively occurring, protective reflex, which helps to clear the large breathing passages from fluids, 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 following opening of the glottis, usually accompanied by a distinctive sound. Coughing is either voluntary or involuntary. * Frequent coughing usually indicates the presence of a disease. Many viruses and bacteria benefit, from an evolutionary perspective, by causing the host to cough, which helps to spread the disease to new hosts. Most of the time, irregular coughing is caused by a respiratory tract infection but can also be triggered by choking, smoking, air pollution, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease, post-nasal drip, chronic bronchitis, lung tumors, heart failure and medications such as ACE inhibitors. * Treatment should target the cause; for example, smoki |