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

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 Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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

Periodic cough, called nervous cough, and tussis serina.

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

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)

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 Fernie, William Thomas