Kappekemmu: 1 definition

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kappekemmu (ಕಪ್ಪೆಕೆಮ್ಮು):—[noun] an acute infectious disease, usu. affecting children, caused by the bacillus Bordetella pertussis and characterised by a mucous discharge from the nose and later by repeated attacks of coughing that end in a forced intake of breath or whoop; the whooping cough.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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