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cough

noun as in expelled air with sound

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verb as in expelling air with sound

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Another disease to watch out for is pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

Cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, for instance, used to be rare, but are now a monthly occurrence, she said.

From BBC

TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, and chickenpox cases are rising in Florida.

From Salon

Ohtani’s symptoms have included chest and sinus “stuff” as well as “a deep cough,” Roberts added.

Hack, hack, cough, I say from inside the beast.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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