Usually means: Highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. pertussis: Merriam-Webster
  2. pertussis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pertussis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pertussis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pertussis: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pertussis, pertussis: Wordnik
  7. pertussis: Wiktionary
  8. pertussis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. pertussis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. pertussis: Dictionary.com
  11. Pertussis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Pertussis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. pertussis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. pertussis: Rhymezone
  15. Pertussis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. pertussis: FreeDictionary.org
  17. pertussis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. pertussis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. pertussis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pertussis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pertussis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Pertussis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  5. Pertussis (whooping cough): Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  9. Pertussis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  10. pertussis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  12. pertussis: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  13. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  14. pertussis: Medical dictionary
  15. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  16. Pertussis: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pertussis: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pertussis)

noun:  (pathology) Whooping cough.

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