Definitions for Coughing
cough·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cough, coughingnoun

   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

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1. coughingnoun

   A cough, the act of coughing.

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1. coughing

   A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages which can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually accompanied by a distinctive sound.Frequent coughing usually indicates the presence of a disease. Many viruses and bacteria benefit, from an evolutionary perspective, by causing the host to cough, which helps to spread the disease to new hosts. Most of the time, irregular coughing is caused by a respiratory tract infection but can also be triggered by choking, smoking, air pollution, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease, post-nasal drip, chronic bronchitis, lung tumors, heart failure and medications such as angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) and beta blockers.Treatment should target the cause; for example, smoking cessation or discontinuing ACE inhibitors. Cough suppressants such as codeine or dextromethorphan are frequently prescribed, but have been demonstrated to have little effect. Other treatment options may target airway inflammation or may promote mucus expectoration. As it is a natural protective reflex, suppressing the cough reflex might have damaging effects, especially if the cough is productive.

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1. Coughing

   of Cough

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Coughing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Coughing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Coughing in a Sentence

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   woke up with blood on the pillow, blood on the sheets, blood on my breath and blood in my mouth and the coughing started again and i turned to spit at the trashcan and missed and i admired the new wall decoration as i grabbed a cigarette to start the bloody day.

2. Erin Sykes -LRB- @SykesStyle -RRB-:

   People were coughing the whole time. Now some people have fevers over 100, they should never had been allowed to board.

3. Isaac Toups:

   Bayou Classic makes them in all sizes, and even has some with the burner. This recipe calls for cooking it outside on a propane burner. You can cook it inside on your stovetop, but you better be ok with coughing up spice for a few days.

4. Donald Trump:

   Let's do that over, he's coughing in the middle of my answer, if you're going to cough, please leave the room. You just can't, you just can't cough. Boy, oh boy.

5. Lindsay Tarasco:

   The kids were definitely freaked out, a couple of them were sick, everyone was coughing, couldn’t breathe.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Coughing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Coughing
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coughing
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Coughing