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A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
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pertussis
Word definitions for pertussis in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"whooping cough," 1670s (Sydenham), from Modern Latin pertussis , from per- "thoroughly" + tussis "cough," of unknown origin.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pertussis \Per*tus"sis\, n. [NL., fr. L. per through, very + tussis cough.] (Med.) The whooping cough.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) whooping cough
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn: whooping cough ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pertussis (also known as whooping cough or 100-day cough ) is a highly contagious bacterial disease . Initially, symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose , fever , and mild cough . This is then followed by weeks of severe ...
Usage examples of pertussis.
This is the genuinely decisive technology of modern medicine, exemplified best by modern methods for immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, and the childhood virus diseases, and the contemporary use of antibiotics and chemotherapy for bacterial infections.
Against other illnesses, though—including measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and the now defeated smallpox—our antibodies stimulated by one infection confer lifelong immunity.