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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane;
[syn: whooping cough, pertussis]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pertussis \Per*tus"sis\, n. [NL., fr. L. per through, very +
   tussis cough.] (Med.)
   The whooping cough.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pertussis
    n 1: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn:
         whooping cough, pertussis]