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Definition of whooping cough noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

whooping cough

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈhupiŋ ˌkɔf//
 
(medical pertussis) [uncountable]
 
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an infectious disease, especially of children, that makes them cough and have difficulty breathing
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