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pertussis Definition

per·tus·sis (pər tusis)

noun

whooping cough

Etymology: ModL < L per-, intens. + tussis, a cough

pertussis Related Forms
per·tus·sal adjective or per·tus·soid′
pertussis Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • acellular: Between 3 years 4 months - 5 years - before primary school entrance Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated poliomyelitis.

Modifies a noun

  • vaccine: The medical community initially appeared to be sharply divided over the safety of the pertussis vaccine.
  • toxin: In addition they include a mutation that renders the subunit resistant to the actions of pertussis toxin.
  • infection: Three of five patients so far examined have evidence of current/recent pertussis infection.
  • component: In the meantime, however, parents were offered a choice of vaccines - with or without the pertussis component.
  • vaccination: Swansea research unit of the Royal College of General Practitioners ( 1981 ) Effect of a low pertussis vaccination uptake on a large community.
  • immunization: Examples of such cases might be antenatal screening, drug treatment with common serious side-effects, and pertussis immunization.

Noun used with modifier

  • whole-cell: Only 4.4 % did not receive any whole-cell pertussis vaccine.

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