: an infectious respiratory disease especially of children caused by a bacterium (Bordetella pertussis) and marked by a convulsive spasmodic cough sometimes followed by a crowing intake of breath
called also pertussis
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Most states require kindergartners get vaccines for pertussis – that’s whooping cough – and tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.
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David Higgins, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
How to protect yourself from whooping cough The Mecklenburg County Health Department says getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself from whooping cough.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
That also applies to the current outbreak of whooping cough (or pertussis), of which 10,082 cases were reported by the end of May, killing five infants.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Already, the population faced immiseration and the ravages of diseases like influenza and whooping cough.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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David Higgins, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
How to protect yourself from whooping cough The Mecklenburg County Health Department says getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself from whooping cough.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
That also applies to the current outbreak of whooping cough (or pertussis), of which 10,082 cases were reported by the end of May, killing five infants.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Already, the population faced immiseration and the ravages of diseases like influenza and whooping cough.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whooping cough
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“Whooping cough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whooping%20cough. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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