tussis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tussis
< Latin: a cough
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Periodic cough, called nervous cough, and tussis serina.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The botanical name of Coltsfoot is Tussilago farfara, signifying tussis ago, "I drive away a cold"; and farfar, the white poplar tree, which has a similar leaf.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Note, however, in passing, that Schoepf says nothing, save tussis, that suggests the vis anti-spasmodica of Cutler.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
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