English-Italian translations for whooping cough

• pertosse
  – Signor Presidente, signor Commissario, è straziante constatare che, nei paesi in via di sviluppo, ogni minuto un bambino muore di pertosse o di morbillo, anche se esistono i vaccini. Mr President, Commissioner, seeing one child die every minute in the developing world from whooping cough or from measles, when there is a vaccine, is heartbreaking.
• tosse canina

Definition of whooping cough

• A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium , the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath

Related words

• whoop
• whoops
• whoops-a-daisy
• whooper
• whoopee
• whoop-de-doo
• whooper swan
• whoopee cushion
• whooping crane