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pertussal

pertussal adjective: pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.

Adjective

pertussal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.
    • […] the friendly and eloquent monarch would be interrupted by a pertussal "backdraucht" in a crowd of school-children.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Origin of pertussal

From pertussis + -al.

Questions about pertussal

What does pertussal mean?
Pertussal means pertaining to pertussis or whooping-cough.
What part of speech is pertussal?
Pertussal is an adjective.

Words near pertussal in the dictionary

  1. pertusate
  2. pertuse
  3. pertused
  4. pertusion
  5. pertusions
  6. pertussal
  7. pertusses
  8. pertussis
  9. pertussoid
  10. pertuzumab
  11. Pertwee

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