百ひゃく日にち咳ぜき

noun

whooping cough; pertussis

Medical term for the bacterial respiratory infection characterized by severe coughing fits. Both ひゃくにちぜき and ひゃくにちせき are used, with ひゃくにちぜき being more common.

• 百ひゃく日にち咳ぜきは乳にゅう幼よう児じにとって特とくに危き険けんな感かん染せん症しょうです。

  Whooping cough is a particularly dangerous infectious disease for infants.

• 百ひゃく日にち咳ぜきの予よ防ぼう接せっ種しゅを受うけましたか。

  Did you get vaccinated against pertussis?