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Definition 2024

See also: whooping-cough

whooping cough ‎(plural whooping coughs)

(pathology) A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.

a contagious disease

Italian: tosse canina f, pertosse (it) f
Japanese: 百日咳 ‎(ひゃくにちぜき, hyakunichizeki)
Norman: coqueluche f
Korean: 백일해 (ko) ‎(baegirhae) (百日咳 (ko))
Malay: batuk kokol
Norwegian: kikhoste
Persian: سیاه‌سرفه ‎(siyâh-sorfe)
Polish: koklusz (pl) m
Portuguese: coqueluche (pt) f, pertússis f, tosse convulsa f
Romanian: tuse convulsivă (ro) f
Russian: коклю́ш (ru) m ‎(kokljúš), ко́клюш (ru) m ‎(kókljuš), су́дорожный ка́шель m ‎(súdorožnyj kášelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: вѐликӣ ка̏шаљ m, магарѐћӣ ка̏шаљ m, хри̏павац m, ри́кавац m, перту́сис m

Roman: vèlikī kȁšalj m, magarèćī kȁšalj (sh) m, hrȉpavac (sh) m, ríkavac (sh) m, pertúsis (sh) m
Spanish: tosferina f, tos convulsiva f, coqueluche m
Swedish: kikhosta (sv) c
Tagalog: ubong-dalahit, tosperina
Turkish: boğmaca (tr)
Ukrainian: коклюш m ‎(kókljuš)
Vietnamese: ho gà (vi)