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.

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

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Tussis consumptiva Scorbutus et elii morbi radix.

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Note, however, in passing, that Schoepf says nothing, save tussis, that suggests the vis anti-spasmodica of Cutler.

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Vis, buris, sitis, tussis, cucumis, amussis, cannabis, sinapis—these words, which have attracted so much attention in the world, effected this, because they belonged to a determined class, and yet were exceptions; on that account I value them highly, and the fact that I have them ready at my finger's ends when I perhaps need them in a hurry affords me in many dark hours of life much internal tranquillity and consolation.

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