Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or relating to a cough.
Wiktionary
- adj. Related to, caused by, or accompanied by a cough
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to a cough; caused by coughing.
Examples
“Medicinally, they have been used as anti-viral, anti-parasitic, anti-tussive and antiseptic agents.”
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“Night Nurse is a little cocktail of Paracetomol (a pain killer), Promethazine (a first generation antihistamine known for its sedative side effects and now often used for that purpose, as in Night Nurse presumably to aid sleep), and Dextromethorphan (an anti-tussive: a drug that suppresses cough but which can cause hallucinations and euphoria in excessive doses due to its centrally acting role in the nervous system at a variety of important receptors).”
“Cough In November 2007, Verona announced that it had acquired significant know-how for a potential anti-tussive drug.”
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