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whoop·ing cough (ho̵̅o̅′piŋ, hwo̵̅o̅′-; ho̵op′iŋ)

noun

an acute infectious disease, usually affecting children, caused by a bacillus (Bordetella pertussis) and characterized by a mucous discharge from the nose and later by repeated attacks of coughing that end in a forced intake of breath, or whoop

whooping cough Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cure: This charming and almost complete well-house of c. 1500 stands over an ancient holy well, believed to cure whooping cough.
  • get: Babies can be given a vaccination to stop them getting whooping cough.
  • have: It was number 5, there were rats in the sideboard and I had whooping cough.
  • cause: They used genetic information from the Human Genome Sequencing Project to find around 14 genes in Bordetella pertussis which causes whooping cough.
  • catch: Extract I remember when I first started to school I caught whooping cough so I ended up with bronchitis and double pneumonia.

Preposition: in

  • baby: Because the levels of whooping cough in such young babies continues to be high, it's important that herd immunity is maintained.

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