WHOOPING COUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whooping cough mean? 

• WHOOPING COUGH (noun)
  The noun WHOOPING COUGH has 1 sense:

1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

  Familiarity information: WHOOPING COUGH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHOOPING COUGH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pertussis; whooping cough

Hypernyms ("whooping cough" 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 

B. parapertussis is found in the respiratory tract of mammals where it usually causes a mild form of whooping cough.

(Bordetella parapertussis, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Pertussis Toxin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called whooping cough.

(Pertussis, NCI Dictionary)