cough (kawf)

A violent expulsion of air from the lungs, either voluntary, for the purpose of expelling some substance from the air pa ages, or involuntary, as the result of a sensation of irritation in the air pa ages, barking c. A c. resembling in sound the barking of a dog. bra y c. The harsh metallic c. accompanying aneurism and due to pre ure on the bronchi, bronchial c. A c. due to bronchial irritation, chin c. See pertu is, croupy c. The hoarse resounding c. that attends croup and other affections in which the opening of the larynx is narrowed, dry c. C. without expectoration, hacking c. A dry c. in which the individual efforts recur frequently and are feeble, laryngeal c. C. due to direct or reflex laryngeal irritation. nervous c. A c. that is symptomatic of a neurosis, e. g., whooping-c., or dependent on reflex nervous irritation, spasmodic c. C. that occurs in paroxysms, e. g., whooping-c. whooping-c. See pertu is, winter c. A c. that comes on every winter and subsides with the advent of warm weather, usually due to chronic bronchitis.