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)

Thus Martial: Leniat ut fauces medicus, quas aspera vexat Assiduè tussis, Parthenopæ tibi Mella dari, nucleosque jubet dulcesque placentas.

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

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

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