cough suppression
Medical term for the action of suppressing a cough.
This medicine has a cough-suppressing effect.
noun-modifying (irregular)
antitussive
Prenominal use, describing something that suppresses coughing, such as a drug or agent.
I was prescribed an antitussive drug.
Compound of 鎮 (chin, 'to suppress') and 咳 (gai, 'cough'). The reading がい for 咳 is a kan'on reading.