tussis

cough

 [kof]

1. a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs; called also tussis.

2. to produce such an expulsion of air.

dry cough cough without expectoration.

productive cough cough attended with expectoration of material from the bronchi.

reflex cough a cough due to the irritation of some remote organ.

wet cough productive cough.

whooping cough see whooping cough.

tus·sis

(tŭs'is),

A cough.

[L.]

tussis

/tus·sis/ (tus´is) [L.] cough.tus´saltus´sive

tussis

(tŭs′ĭs)

n. pl. tus·ses (-sēz)

A cough.

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tus′sal, tus·sive adj.

tussis

[tus′is]

Etymology: L, tussis, cough

a cough or pertussis.

tus·sis

(tŭs'is)

A cough.

[L.]

tussis

[L.] cough.