whooping cough
noun
mass noun
1- a contagious bacterial disease chiefly affecting children, characterized by convulsive coughs followed by a whoop百日咳。亦称PERTUSSIS.
1.1
- The organism responsible is Bordetella pertussis, a Gram-negative bacterium intermediate between a coccus and a bacillus.由百日咳鲍特菌感染引起, 此菌为介于球菌和杆菌的一种革兰氏阴性细菌。