cough

medical symptom, reflex to clear large breathing passages
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cough

Summary

cough is a symptom type[1]. cough draws 7,480 Wikipedia views per month (symptom_type category, ranking #6 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • cough's instance of is recorded as symptom type[3].
  • cough is a type of clinical sign[4].
  • cough is a type of respiratory signs and symptoms[5].
  • cough's Commons category is recorded as Coughing[6].
  • cough's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as R05[7].
  • cough's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cough[8].
  • cough's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • cough's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • cough's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • cough's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • cough's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia[13].
  • cough's has immediate cause is recorded as cough reflex[14].
  • cough's has effect is recorded as droplet infection[15].
  • cough's has effect is recorded as cleaning[16].
  • cough's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C37935[17].
  • cough's name in kana is recorded as がいそう[18].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as dihydrocodeine[19].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as cocaine[20].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as benzonatate[21].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as hydrocodone[22].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as guaifenesin[23].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as hydromorphone[24].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as codeine[25].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as caramiphen[26].
  • cough's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as pentoxyverine[27].

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Definition and Type

cough's instance of is recorded as symptom type[3]. Recorded subclass of include clinical sign[4] and respiratory signs and symptoms[5].

Why It Matters

cough draws 7,480 Wikipedia views per month (symptom_type category, ranking #6 of 11).[2] cough has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] cough is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Symptom Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'ay', 'bcl', 'bdr', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'b
    Sitelink count → 126
    Fandom article id → memory-alpha:Cough
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: memory-alpha:Cough"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1b4Sks
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → cough
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: cough, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917622|cough (#289917622)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002577-kasel
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0002577-kasel, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  5. 21w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2054494
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → clinical sign, respiratory signs and symptoms
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P10283]]: C2910901110, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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