VERB | body | cough | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion |
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NOUN | state | cough, coughing | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages |
Sounds | kaa'f; kao'f | |
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Rhymes | Molotov | |
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Meaning | A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis. | |
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Synonym | coughing | |
Part of | respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder | A disease affecting the respiratory system |
Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
Spanish | tos | |
Catalan | tos | |
Verbs | cough | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion |
Meaning | exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The smoker coughs all day" | |
Narrower | clear the throat, hawk | Clear mucus or food from one's throat |
hack, whoop | cough spasmodically | |
Broader | expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out | Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth |
See also | cough up, cough out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth |
cough up | give reluctantly | |
Spanish | toser, tos | |
Catalan | tossir, tos | |
Nouns | cough, coughing | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages |
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