tosferina

See also: tos ferina

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tos ferina

Etymology

From tos (“cough”) + ferina, feminine of ferino (“wild”).

Noun

tosferina f (plural tosferinas)

1. whooping cough

   Synonyms: pertusis, tos convulsa

Related terms

• toser

 

Further reading

• “tosferina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014