PERTUSSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pertussis mean? 

• PERTUSSIS (noun)
  The noun PERTUSSIS has 1 sense:

1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

  Familiarity information: PERTUSSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERTUSSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pertussis; whooping cough

Hypernyms ("pertussis" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

 Context examples 

NIH general purpose Swiss mice were selected for resistance or sensitivity to histamine challenge following pertussis vaccination.

(FVB/N Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

G proteins that inhibit adenylate kinase and regulate other plasma membrane enzymes are substrates for pertussis toxin.

(G(i) Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)

It elicits increases in cell motility and phosphoinositide metabolism in the secreting or producing cell via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein signal transduction pathway.

(Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Pertussis begins like a cold, but develops into severe coughing and gasping for air.

(Pertussis, NCI Dictionary)

Inhibition by Bordetella pertussis toxin suggests that heterotrimeric G protein of the Gi-subclass couple to CD183.

(Chemokine (C-X-C Motif) Receptor 3, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Migration is suppressed by pertussis toxin, indicating that the receptor is coupled to a G-alpha protein.

(Chemokine (C Motif) Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bordetella pertussis.

(Bordetella pertussis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Adenylate cyclase is a virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis.

(Bivalent HPV16/18 Therapeutic Cervical Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Eotaxin stimulates intracellular calcium release, production of reactive oxygen species, and changes in actin polymerization through a pertussis sensitive pathway.

(CCR3 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Any of various biologically active proteins or toxins elaborated by Bordetella pertussis that cause the symptoms of whooping cough.

(Pertussis Toxin, NCI Thesaurus)