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tussis

American  
[tuhs-is] / ˈtʌs ɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. a cough.


tussis British  
/ ˈtʌsɪs /

noun

  1. the technical name for cough See pertussis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of tussis

< Latin: a cough


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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

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

Periodic cough, called nervous cough, and tussis serina.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

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