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antipertussive

antipertussive adjective: that counters whooping cough.

Adjective

antipertussive (not comparable)

  1. that counters whooping cough

Noun

antipertussive (plural antipertussives)

  1. Such a medicine

Forms of antipertussive

pluralantipertussives

Origin of antipertussive

From anti- + pertussive.

Questions about antipertussive

What does antipertussive mean?
Antipertussive means that counters whooping cough.
What part of speech is antipertussive?
Antipertussive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antipertussive in the dictionary

  1. antiperspirant
  2. antiperspirants
  3. antiperthite
  4. antiperthites
  5. antiperthitic
  6. antipertussive
  7. antipertussives
  8. antipest
  9. antipesticide
  10. antipestilential
  11. antipestilentials

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