whooping cough
See also: whooping-cough
English
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Noun
whooping cough (countable and uncountable, plural whooping coughs)
- (medicine) A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.
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a contagious disease
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