- pertussal
- per·tus·sal pər-'təs-əl adj of or relating to whooping cough <\pertussal vaccines>
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pertussal — adjective pertaining to pertussis or whooping cough ,1962: the friendly and eloquent monarch would be interrupted by a pertussal backdraucht in a crowd of school children. Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire … Wiktionary
pertussal — See pertussis. * * * … Universalium
pertussal — adj. of pertussis, of whooping cough (Pathology) … English contemporary dictionary
pertussal — per·tus·sal … English syllables
pertussal — pə(r)ˈtəsəl adjective Etymology: New Latin pertussis + English al : of or relating to whooping cough … Useful english dictionary
pertussis — pertussal, adj. /peuhr tus is/, n. Pathol. See whooping cough. [1790 1800; < NL, equiv. to L per PER + tussis a cough] * * * … Universalium
pertussis — /pəˈtʌsəs/ (say puh tusuhs) noun → whooping cough. {New Latin, from per per + Latin tussis cough} –pertussal, adjective …
pertussis — n. whooping cough. ♦ pertussal, a … Dictionary of difficult words
pertussis — [pər tus′is] n. [ModL < L per , intens. + tussis, a cough] WHOOPING COUGH pertussal adj. pertussoid … English World dictionary
