~ PERTUSSIS  id+ | WHOOPING COUGH |
             id+ | CONVULSIVE COUGH | 
  id+ | TOS CONVULSA in sp | 
  id+ | PAROXYSMAL COUGHING DISEASE | 
  id+ | HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BACTERIAL BRONCHITIS | 
  etym> the concepts in PER TUSSIS imply 
        SPASMODIC or PAROXYSMAL COUGHING ATTACKS with 
  an uninterrupted sequence of a series of 
  CONVULSIVE EXPULSIONS OF LUNG AIR as if 
  CHOKING without INSPIRATION often causing CYANOSIS 
  followed by a VIOLENT INSPIRATION OF AIR 
  generating a WHOOPING SOUND 
  note works on etym are SILENT regarding COUGH per se  
       including the OXFORD ENGL DICT
  sp       TOS     = COUGH 
  fr       TOUX      same  
  eng      TUSSIVE   pertaining to COUGH 
  it       TOSSE     COUGH
  lat      TUS       same  
           TUSSIO    same 
           TUSSIS    same  
  note               perhaps TOS TOSS are LINKED 
  old ger STOZAN     or 
          STAUTAN    TO PUSH pointing to 
  eng      TOSS      for RISE FALL SWING HEAVE 
                     SCATTER THROW which are 
                     noted during COUGHING 
  med>  PERTUSSIS or WHOOPING COUGH 
  med>  INFECTIOUS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS RESPIRATORY DISEASE 
        cause of EPIDEMICS particularly among CHILDREN
  caused by BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS 
  med>  THE MORTALITY AMONG INFANTS IS SIGNIFICANT  
  hx> named after Jules BORDET [#] who with 
      Octave GENGOU [#] isolated the microbe 
  B PERTUSSIS VACCINES CAUSE GRAVE DEBATES REGARDING 
  ITS SAFETY 
  currently PERTUSSIS IMMUNIZATIONS are in use 
  the disease has an incubation period of about 2 weeks 
  patients develop RHINITIS and DRY COUGH 
  followed by a PAROXYSMAL COUGHING STAGE   
  OF THREE OR MORE WEEKS and a rather LONG CONVALESCENCE
  see> TOSS