pertussis

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin, from Latin per- (“thorough”) +‎ tussis (“cough”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈtʌsɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈtʌsɪs/ === Noun === pertussis (countable and uncountable, plural pertusses) (pathology) Whooping cough. 2015, Dr. Stephen Berger, Pertussis: Global Status, GIDEON Informatics, Inc., E-book, page 343, During 1993 to 2004, the hospitalization rate [in the US] for pertussis among infants ages <= 2 months was 239 per 100,000 live births. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== pertussal pertussoid DPT ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin pertussis, from per- + tussi. Cf. tos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peɾˈtusis/ [peɾˈt̪u.sis] Rhymes: -usis Syllabification: per‧tus‧sis === Noun === pertussis f (plural pertussis) pertussis Synonyms: tosferina, coqueluche