Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Whooping-cough.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The whooping cough.
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- noun pathology
whooping cough
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- noun a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To many in Boulder, endemic pertussis is no cause for alarm.
Bucking the Herd 2002
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To many in Boulder, endemic pertussis is no cause for alarm.
Bucking the Herd 2002
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In the Bay Area, cases of whooping cough otherwise known as pertussis are up nearly sixfold to 173 through May this year compared with the same period in 2009.
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We were trying to figure out where he was exposed to pertussis, which is apparently what the smart kids call it these days.
In Which I Run Off In Three Directions at Once raecarson 2008
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Seven infants have already died from the disease, also called pertussis, and about 2,500 cases have been reported—a six-fold increase over this time last year.
Whooping cough epidemic: Adults and kids should be vaccinated 2010
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Seven infants have already died from the disease, also called pertussis, and about 2,500 cases have been reported — a six-fold increase over this time last year.
Whooping cough epidemic: Adults and kids should be vaccinated 2010
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We're talking about diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, which also is known as pertussis, polio and hepatitis b.
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Dianne Cherrie's daughter, Tori-Rose, was diagnosed with the illness, which is also known as pertussis, at 5 1/2 weeks.
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Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection that causes uncontrollable, severe coughing.
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Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, can be a serious illness, especially in the very young.
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wtlau commented on the word pertussis
It's a great word because of the plosive "t".
I like onomatopoeia.
February 13, 2007
eudoxia commented on the word pertussis
humm.. but is it really? does it really sound like a cough? hmm
February 24, 2007
wtlau commented on the word pertussis
I think it fits the definition; The word has the qualities of a cough. No different than the word buzz.
More to the point, it's what you would say if you coughed in the middle of saying "per-ussis".
March 1, 2007
eudoxia commented on the word pertussis
perkussis
March 29, 2007