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 whooping cough
 百日咳

 whooping cough 名詞
 百日咳

 Whoop·ing, a. & n. from Whoop, v. t.
 Whooping cough Med., a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. --Dunglison.
 Whooping crane Zool., a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters.
 Whooping swan Zool., the whooper swan.  See the Note under Swan.
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 whooping cough
      n : a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn: pertussis]