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

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

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Periodic cough, called nervous cough, and tussis serina.

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

Hic me gravido frigida et frequens tussis Quassavit usque dum in tuum sinum fugi 15Et me recuravi otioque et urtica.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

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