whooping cough
noun/ˈhuːpɪŋ kɒf/
/ˈhuːpɪŋ kɔːf/
(medical pertussis)
[uncountable]- a disease, especially of children, that makes them cough (= force air noisily through the throat) and have difficulty breathingTopics Health problemsc2
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