an acute infectious disease caused by the bacillus Bordetella pertussis, usu. affecting children, characterised by a mucous discharge from the nose and later by repeated attacks of coughing that end in a forced intake of breath or whoop; the whooping cough.

= ನಾಯಿಕೆಮ್ಮು.

= ನಾಯಿಕೆಮ್ಮು.