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| benzoin |
an aromatic resin containing benzoic acid and used in perfumes and cosmetics, cough medicines, and antiseptics. [1/3 definitions] |
| cough drop |
a small candylike lozenge that is medicated for relieving a cough, sore throat, or the like. |
| death rattle |
a gurgling or rattling sound that sometimes issues from a dying person who can no longer cough up mucus in the throat; rale. |
| expectorate |
to cough up or spit out (phlegm). [1/2 definitions] |
| hack1 |
a short, dry cough. [1/12 definitions] |
| lozenge |
a small piece of medicated hard candy, sucked to ease a sore throat or cough. |
| pertussis |
an acute infectious respiratory disease particularly serious in children, marked by intense spasms of coughing and sometimes accompanied by a high-pitched sound as air in inhaled between coughs; whooping cough. |
| RSV |
abbreviation of "Respiratory Syncytial Virus," which causes a common upper respiratory illness characterized by symptoms such as cough, runny nose, and wheezing. Severe cases can have serious complications. |
| terpin hydrate |
a colorless powder, used in a liquid mixture as an expectorant or cough syrup. |
| tolu |
an aromatic balsam or resin obtained from the bark of a South American tree and used in cough medicines and expectorants, flavoring, and perfume; balsam of tolu. |
| whoop |
the rasping sound of breathing between coughs in someone ill with whooping cough. [2/8 definitions] |
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