Whooping cough

whooping cough
    n 1: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn:
         {whooping cough}, {pertussis}]
    

Whooping \Whoop"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough,
      returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting
      of several expirations, followed by a sonorous
      inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
      --Dunglison.

   {Whooping crane} (Zool.), a North American crane ({Crus
      Americana}) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
      utters.

   {Whooping swan} (Zool.), the whooper swan. See the Note under
      {Swan}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

186 Moby Thesaurus words for "whooping cough":
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