tussis

American  

[tuhs-is] / ˈtʌs ɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. a cough.

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tussis British  

/ ˈtʌsɪs /

noun

1. the technical name for cough See pertussis

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Other Word Forms

• tussal adjective
• tussive adjective

Etymology

Origin of tussis

< Latin: a cough

Example Sentences

Thus Martial: Leniat ut fauces medicus, quas aspera vexat Assiduè tussis, Parthenopæ tibi Mella dari, nucleosque jubet dulcesque placentas.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Hic me gravido frigida et frequens tussis Quassavit usque dum in tuum sinum fugi 15Et me recuravi otioque et urtica.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Horace gives a most correct idea of this class in these well-known lines:— "Hunc neque dira venena, nec hosticus auferet ensis Nec laterum dolor, aut tussis aut tarda podagra, Garrulus hunc quando consumet."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

Est quidquid pueros non sinit esse truces, At tu non cessas totis tussire diebus Non est hæc tussis, Parthenopæ gula est.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Nom. tussis īgnis hostis -is Gen. tussis īgnis hostis -is Dat. tussī īgnī hostī -ī Acc. tussim īgnem hostem -im, -em Voc. tussis īgnis hostis -is Abl. tussī īgnī or e hoste -ī, -e PLURAL.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)