hooping-cough
Noun: - Medical condition: "hooping-cough" is an older, alternative spelling of "whooping cough," an infectious disease of the respiratory system, especially in children, characterized by severe coughing fits followed by a loud, gasping intake of air (the "whoop"). It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
- (The child had the infectious respiratory disease.)
- (A historical reference to the disease's prevalence.)
- (Preventive medicine against the condition.)
"to have a bad bout of hooping-cough": to experience a severe episode of the disease.
- She missed school for a month due to a bad bout of hooping-cough. (She suffered a serious case of the illness.)
"hooping-cough remedy": any treatment or cure for the condition, often historical or folk-based.
- Grandmother swore by honey and lemon as a hooping-cough remedy. (A traditional, non-medical treatment.)
Whooping cough (n): the standard modern spelling of the same disease.
- Whooping cough is highly contagious and requires prompt medical attention. (The contemporary term for the illness.)
Pertussis (n): the medical name for hooping-cough, from Latin pertussis meaning "intense cough."
- Pertussis can be prevented through the DTaP vaccine. (The clinical term for the condition.)
- Whooping cough: the most common synonym.
- Pertussis: the formal medical synonym.
"cough like a seal": to cough with a loud, harsh sound, reminiscent of the "whoop" in hooping-cough (not a direct idiom but a descriptive phrase).
- He was coughing like a seal, and the doctor suspected hooping-cough. (The cough resembled the characteristic sound of the disease.)
"the hundred-day cough": a colloquial name for hooping-cough, referring to its long duration.
- They called it the hundred-day cough because it lingered for months. (A folk name emphasizing the illness's persistence.)