PERTUSSIS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 10

(Lat.), n. f. Pu6r(pe2r)-tu3s(tu4s)'si2s. From per intensive, and tu is, a cough. Ger., P. A contagious disease, usually epidemic, characterized by a convulsive cough and a long drawn inspiration during which a " whoop " is produced, [a, 34.] [s. 246]