kennel cough
[ ken-l kawf, kof ]
nounVeterinary Pathology.
a highly contagious but usually mild respiratory infection in dogs, characterized by a dry hacking or gagging cough and caused by a number of bacteria and viruses.
Origin of kennel cough
1First recorded in 1955–60
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