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whooping cough
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
whooping cough
(noun)
whooping cough
/
ˈ
huːpɪŋ-/
noun
whooping cough
/
ˈ
huːpɪŋ-/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of WHOOPING COUGH
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noncount
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medical
:
a disease that usually affects children and that causes severe coughing and difficult breathing
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