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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.
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tus·sis
(tŭs'is),A cough.
[L.]
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tussis
(tŭs′ĭs)n. pl. tus·ses (-sēz)
A cough.
tus′sal, tus·sive adj.
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tus·sis
(tŭs'is)A cough.
[L.]
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