kennel cough

[ ken-l kawf, kof ]

nounVeterinary Pathology.
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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