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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The reason for all the sneezing, coughing and itching isn't entirely understood.
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Whooping cough is highly contagious and is spread through coughing and sneezing.
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Symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing, low-grade fever and weight loss.
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He admitted tricking phone companies into coughing up confidential billing logs.
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Histamines cause the sneezing, wheezing, and coughing associated with allergies.
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If you're coughing, or recovering from a cold, avoid cold foods like the plague.
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Ozone can cause coughing, throat irritation, chest pain and shortness of breath.
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Many women were in tears and men coughing and searching for their handkerchiefs.
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For first-timers, the flavor can be disagreeable, harsh and even cause coughing.
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- 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
- Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"
- A cough (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. ...
- (Coughing (Jokes)) When Dracula had a bad cold, why couldn't his wife get to sleep? Because of his coffin.
- (Coughing) The body's reaction to an irritant in the lungs or the trachea (windpipe).
- (Coughing) may be chronic; usually worse at night and early morning. May occur after exercise or when exposed to cold, dry air.
- Broadly, a cold. More prevalent in spring among young Thoroughbreds.
- A rapid expulsion of air from the lungs typically in order to clear the lung airways of fluids, mucus, or material. Also called tussis.
- A convulsion of the lungs, vellicated by some sharp serosity.
