| antitussive | (n) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing |
| robitussin | (n) trade name of an expectorant that loosens phlegm and makes it easier to cough up |
| tussilago | (n) genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites, Syn. genus Tussilago |
| alpine coltsfoot | (n) rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover; sometimes placed in genus Tussilago, Syn. Homogyne alpina, Tussilago alpina |
| coltsfoot | (n) perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly, Syn. Tussilago farfara |
| whooping cough | (n) a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, Syn. pertussis |
| antitussive | a. 1. having ability to to suppress or relieve coughing; -- of chemical substances. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| antitussive | n. 1. a medicament used to suppress or relieve coughing; an antitussive substance. Codeine is one such commonly used antitussive. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| Pertussis | ‖n. [ NL., fr. L. per through, very + tussis cough. ] (Med.) The whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tussicular | a. [ L. tussicularis, fr. tussicula, dim. of tussis a cough. ] Of or pertaining to a cough. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tussis | ‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) A cough. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Tussive | a. (Med.) Pertaining to a cough; caused by coughing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| 咳 | [せき(P);しわぶき, seki (P); shiwabuki] (n) cough; coughing; tussis; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 三混 | [さんこん, sankon] (n) (abbr) (See 三種混合) combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus [Add to Longdo] |
| 三種混合 | [さんしゅこんごう, sanshukongou] (n) combined vaccination for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus [Add to Longdo] |
| 猪苓 | [ちょれい;チョレイ, chorei ; chorei] (n) (See 猪苓舞茸) umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) [Add to Longdo] |
| 百日咳;百日ぜき | [ひゃくにちぜき, hyakunichizeki] (n) whooping cough; pertussis [Add to Longdo] |