reflex 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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reflex cough

n.

A cough caused by irritation in some distant part, such as the ear or the stomach.