‖ pertussis Path.
(pəˈtʌsɪs)
[mod.L., f. per- 4 + tussis cough.]
= hooping-cough.
| [1772 T. Kirkland (title) Dissertatio Inaug. de Pertussi.] 1799 Hooper Med. Dict., Pertussis, the hooping cough. 1880 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 361 Spasmodic coughs, as pertussis and asthma. |