tussis

American

[tuhs-is] / ˈtʌs ɪs /

noun

Pathology.

a cough.

tussis British

/ ˈtʌsɪs /

noun

the technical name for cough See pertussis

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Origin of tussis

< Latin: a cough

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So the periods of Tussis ferina, or violent cough with slow pulse, called nervous cough, recurs by solar periods.

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

Back to his book then: deeper drooped his head:85 Calculus racked him: Leaden before, his eyes grew dross of lead: Tussis attacked him.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

Back to his book then: deeper drooped his head; Calculus racked him: Leaden before, his eyes grew dross of lead; Tussis attacked him.

From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various

Back to his book then: deeper drooped his head: Calculus racked him: Leaden before, his eyes grew dross of lead: Tussis attacked him.

From Dramatic Romances by Browning, Robert

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