Definition of "dry cough" [dry cough]

• Coughing without expectoration (noun)

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• "-- An accute pain in the side, extending to the back, breast and shoulder, when the breath is drawn: -- The pain is much increased by a short dry cough which generally attends it."
• "(Oo-coh-yoh-ter-tsu-ne-si-wah-skan.) This complaint is marked by a general wasting of the body; great weakness is felt on the slightest bodily exertion; the pulse is quicker than natural, small and irregular; a short dry cough which becomes more troublesome at night; a white frothy mucous is spit up."