pertussis

pertussis
noun /pəˈtʌsɪs/

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  • pertussis — f. neumol. Tos ferina. Medical Dictionary. 2011. pertussis Véase tos ferina …   Diccionario médico

  • pertussis — PERTÚSSIS s. n. tuse convulsivă. (< engl. pertussis) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Pertussis — Per*tus sis, n. [NL., fr. L. per through, very + tussis cough.] (Med.) The whooping cough. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pertussis — (lat.), Keuchhusten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pertussis — (lat.), Keuchhusten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • pertussis — “whooping cough,” 1799, from Mod.L. per “thoroughly” + tussis “cough,” of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • pertussis — [pər tus′is] n. [ModL < L per , intens. + tussis, a cough] WHOOPING COUGH pertussal adj. pertussoid …   English World dictionary

  • Pertussis — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A37.0 Keuchhusten durch Bordetella pertussis A37.1 Keuchhusten durch Bordetella parapertussis A37.8 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pertussis — Whooping cough, a communicable, potentially deadly illness characterized by fits of coughing followed by a noisy, “whooping” indrawn breath. It is caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. The illness is most likely to affect young children,… …   Medical dictionary

  • pertussis — (pěr tus is) An acute, highly contagious infection of the respiratory tract, most frequently affecting young children, usually caused by Bordetella pertussis or B. parapertussis. Consists of peculiar paroxysms of coughing, ending in a prolonged… …   Dictionary of microbiology

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