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pertussis

noun

1 pertussis

A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane.

synonym: whooping cough.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: kinkhoest
Polish: koklusz, krztusiec


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