ptisan

[tiz-uhn, ti-zan]

noun

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

ptisan

/ tɪˈzæn /

noun

1. grape juice drained off without pressure

2. a variant spelling of tisane

Word History and Origins

Origin of ptisan¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ptisan¹

C14: from Old French tisane, from Latin ptisana, from Greek ptisanē barley groats

Example Sentences

The most available Remedies in such Cases, from this Cause, are, a plentiful Bleeding at the Onset, a very copious Drinking of warm Water, to which one fifth Part of Whey should be added; or of the Ptisan No. 2, or of an Emulsion of Almonds, all taken warm.

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A Ptisan of Liquorice Root only has sometimes answered better than any other.

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I ordered him immediately to Stillness and Repose, and I advised him to drink a Ptisan of Barley sweetened with Honey, in a plentiful Quantity.

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Whenever their Inflammation is very considerable; when there are a great many of them at once, and they prevent the Patients from sleeping, it becomes necessary to enter them into a cooling Regimen; to throw up some opening Glysters; and to make them drink plentifully of the Ptisan, Nº.

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

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