1) Bacterial disease 2) Disease also called pertussis
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acute, highly communicable respiratory disease characterized in its typical form by paroxysms of coughing followed by a long-drawn inspiration, or ... [2 related articles]
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A serious bacterial infection of the lungs and breathing tubes that spreads easily. Whooping cough begins like a cold, but develops into severe coughing and gasping for air. Long spells of coughing may cause vomiting, and broken blood vessels in the eyes and on the skin. Also called pertussis.
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Also called pertussis, a bacterial disease of children causing upper respiratory symptoms with a characteristic whoop or inspiratory noise due to inflammation of the larynx. It is usually a relatively mild illness, except in the very young, but vaccination is widely practiced to prevent it.
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Pertussis is a serious, bacterial infection which causes violent coughing. Babies can be protected from the illness through the routine DTP vaccine in the UK.
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<paediatrics> A bacterial infection that has become quite rare due to effective and widespread vaccination programs (DPT vaccine). Only about 4, 500 cases are reported annually in the U.S. Can present as a mild or severe illness. ... Symptoms include runny nose, low-grade fever, conjunctivitis and a characteristic cough. Coughing spells end i...
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pertussis.
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Type: Term Synonyms: pertussis
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Whooping cough: Also known as pertussis, this is a feared infectious disease that can strike the respiratory system and affect other organs of the body. It has three stages-an initial stage with watery runny nose and eyes, a progressive cough stage with characteristic (sometimes severe) coughing spells, and (if the child survives) a recovery stage....
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Whooping-cough (Pertussis) is an infectious disease which often occurs in epidemics; it is more common in childhood, and generally occurs only once in the same individual. Abortive attacks may occur and not be recognised. The characteristic symptom is the peculiar cough which gives the disease its descriptive name. The infectious agent is the Bacil...
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see chin cough
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[
n] - a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
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common name for pertussis
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see Pertussis
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pertussis noun a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
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Acute infectious disease, seen mainly in children, caused by colonization of the air passages by the bacterium
Bordetella pertussis. There may be catarrh, mild fever, and loss of appetite, but the main symptom is violent coughing, associated with the sharp intake of breath that is the characteristic `whoop`, and often f...
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