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Coughing

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Noun

1. cough, coughing

a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Coughing

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noun
the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
the pressure created by coughing and sneezing
He was then overcome by a fit of coughing.

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Coughing

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v. coughed, cough·ing, coughs
v.intr.
1. To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory passages free of irritating material.
2. To make a noise similar to noisy expulsion of air from the lungs: The engine coughed and died.
v.tr.
To expel by coughing: coughed up phlegm.
n.
1. The act of coughing.
2. An illness marked by frequent coughing.

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