Associations to the word «Pertussis»

Wiktionary

PERTUSSIS, noun. (pathology) whooping cough

Dictionary definition

PERTUSSIS, noun. A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats