pertussis
pronunciation
How to pronounce pertussis in British English:
UK [pə'tʌsɪs]
How to pronounce pertussis in American English:
US [pɚˈtʌsɪs]
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- Noun:
- a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
Word Origin
- pertussis (n.)
- "whooping cough," 1670s (Sydenham), from Modern Latin pertussis, from per- "thoroughly" + tussis "cough," of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. Objective In order to select the best preparation procedure of the national reference on toxicity of acellular pertussis vaccine .
- 2. By using the sera of immunized infants with whole-cell pertussis vaccine , Western blotting was performed with these proteins .
- 3. Enhancing effect of pertussis toxin subunit-B on mice autoimmune disease
- 4. Studies on the Quality Contol of Adsorbed Acellular pertussis Vaccine
- 5. Methods The data of morbidity and immune surveillance of pertussis in 1991 - 2000 was analyzed by descriptive epidemiology .