pertussis
pertussis
Definition
per·tus·sis (pər tus′is)
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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