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hacking coughs

hacking coughs is the plural of hacking cough.

Meaning of hacking cough

Noun

hacking cough (plural hacking coughs)

  1. A small and frequent cough, usually short and dry; a broken cough with a rough and loud sound; a hacking cough.
    • A hacking cough is most commonly observed in chronic catarrh of the upper air-passages, in pharyngitis and laryngitis, and especially in beginning pulmonary tuberculosis; hence its importance.

Questions about hacking coughs

What is hacking coughs the plural of?
Hacking coughs is the plural of hacking cough.

Words near hacking coughs in the dictionary

  1. hackiness
  2. hacking
  3. hacking around
  4. hacking away
  5. hacking cough
  6. hacking coughs
  7. hacking it
  8. hacking off
  9. hacking run
  10. hacking runs
  11. hacking up

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