ptisan

American  

[tiz-uhn, ti-zan] / ˈtɪz ən, tɪˈzæn /

noun

1. a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.

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ptisan British  

/ tɪˈzæn /

noun

1. grape juice drained off without pressure

2. a variant spelling of tisane

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Etymology

Origin of ptisan

1350–1400; < Latin ptisana < Greek ptisánē peeled barley, barley water; replacing Middle English tisane < French < Latin, as above

Example Sentences

The Disorder indeed, however, is often so very slight, that it may be thought to require very little, if any, medical Treatment, and may be easily cured without Physick, by abstaining from Flesh, Eggs, Broth, and Wine; from all Food that is sharp, fat and heavy; and by dieting upon Bread, Pulse, Fruit, and Water; particularly by eating little or no Supper; and drinking, if thirsty, a simple Ptisan of Barley, or an Infusion of Elder Flowers, with the Addition of a third or fourth Part of Milk.

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The Patient is to enter upon a Regimen, and drink plentifully of the Ptisan Nº.

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The Humours ought to be diluted, and their Acrimony or Sharpness should be diminished, by a very plentiful Use of a Ptisan of 42 Burdock Roots Nº.

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She had taken various Medicines, and, among the rest, a considerable Quantity of a Ptisan, in which Antimony was blended with some purging Medicines, and a greasy spirituous Balsam had been rubbed into the Part.

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The Patient must be restrained to his Regimen; and instead of the Ptisan Nº.

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