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pertosse ( approfondimento) f sing(pl.: pertossi)
- (medicina) malattia infettiva acuta, contagiosa ed epidemica dell'apparato respiratorio, dovuta ad una tossina prodotta dal coccobacillo Bordetella pertussis e caratterizzata da episodi ripetuti di tosse convulsiva e parossistica; regredisce in genere dopo 3 o 6 settimane, anche grazie alla terapia antibiotica
- per | tós | se
IPA: //perˈtosse/
da per- e tosse
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