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Whooping cough
Meaning
Noun
●
In Bacterial diseases & Diseases:
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.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Pertussis
Whooping-Cough
Hooping-Cough
Chin Cough
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