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pertussoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-tus-soid
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of whooping cough

Etymology

From pertussis + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does pertussoid mean?
Characteristic of whooping cough
Where does pertussoid come from?
From pertussis + -oid.

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