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Webster 1913 Edition
Pertussis
‖
Per-tus′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
per
through, very + tussis
cough.] (Med.)
The whooping cough.
Definition 2024
pertússis
pertússis
See also: pertussis
Portuguese
Noun
pertússis f (uncountable)
- (pathology) whooping cough (a contagious disease)