hacking cough

cough (kof)

1. sudden noisy expulsion of air from lungs.

2. to produce such an expulsion.

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dry cough  cough without expectoration.

hacking cough  a short, frequent, shallow and feeble cough.

productive cough  cough with expectoration of material from the bronchi.

reflex cough  cough due to irritation of some remote organ.

wet cough  productive c.

whooping cough  pertussis.

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hacking cough

Etymology: AS, haeccan + cohettan

a short, weak repeating cough, often caused by irritation of the larynx by a postnasal drip. It can also result from side effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy and smoking.