"dry cough" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dry coughs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry cough (plural dry coughs)
  1. Coughing without expectoration of sputum. Translations (coughing without expectoration): ҡоро йүтәл (qoro yütəl) (Bashkir), 乾咳 /干咳 (gon¹ kat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 乾咳 /干咳 (gānké) (Chinese Mandarin), 乾嗽 /干嗽 (gānsòu) (Chinese Mandarin), suchý kašel [masculine] (Czech), droge hoest [masculine] (Dutch), kuiva yskä (Finnish), toux sèche [feminine] (French), Reizhusten [masculine] (German), ξερόβηχας (xeróvichas) [masculine] (Greek), száraz köhögés (Hungarian), tosse secca [feminine] (Italian), құрғақ жөтел (qūrğaq jötel) (Kazakh), kaszel suchy [masculine] (Polish), tuse seacă [feminine] (Romanian), tos seca (Spanish), torrhosta [common-gender] (Swedish), rethosta [common-gender] (Swedish), పొడి దగ్గు (poḍi daggu) (Telugu)

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        "Coughing without expectoration of sputum."
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "word": "Reizhusten"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "xeróvichas",
          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
          "word": "tos seca"
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          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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          "roman": "poḍi daggu",
          "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
      "word": "kuiva yskä"
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "word": "toux sèche"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "word": "Reizhusten"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "xeróvichas",
      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "word": "ξερόβηχας"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
      "word": "száraz köhögés"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "word": "tosse secca"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "qūrğaq jötel",
      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
      "word": "құрғақ жөтел"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "word": "kaszel suchy"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "word": "torrhosta"
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      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
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      "word": "rethosta"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "roman": "poḍi daggu",
      "sense": "coughing without expectoration",
      "word": "పొడి దగ్గు"
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