cough
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- noun
- /kɔf/
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- For the first month, Johanna's cough stubbornly persisted and kept her from a full night's sleep.
- whooping cough
- persistent cough
- chronic cough
It starts with a cough or a wheeze.
- It starts with a cough or a wheeze.
- Here's the great question on the whooping cough vaccine.
- He developed a chronic cough and then a heart arrhythmia.
- What do you recommend for lingering coughs and colds?
- Yes, yes, the well known cough prevention machine.
- Yes, he mixed cough syrup with LSD.
Examples
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The doctor told him that a dry cough can be a sign of allergies.
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Bernie, that cough is terrible!
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Ananta came down with a high fever, cough and seemed to be short of breath.
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It starts with a cough or a wheeze.
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The patient usually has a cough and may produce sputum with a tinge of blood.
Academic text (1995) -
The index case-patient had fever, cough, dyspnea, and diarrhea that progressed over 2 days, leading to hospital admission.
Academic text (2013) -
Ram puts the shafts down, has a short coughing fit, spits some phlegm, and looks at Max.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her persistent cough made it difficult for her to sleep at night.
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After catching a cold, he was left with a lingering cough for weeks.
Synonyms
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Forcing air out of the lungs with a sudden loud sound to clear the throat or because of illness
Compounds
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A disease that spreads between people and causes severe coughing with a loud whoop when breathing in
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cough comes from an old English sound word cohh that copied the noise people make when they cough. Like hiccup and sneeze, it is a sound word, which is why a cough names the sudden, noisy breath 'to clear the throat'.