tussis

[ tuhs-is ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a cough.

tussis

/ ˈtʌsɪs /

noun

1. the technical name for cough See pertussis

Derived Forms

• ˈtussal, adjective
• ˈtussive, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tussis¹

< Latin: a cough

Word History and Origins

Origin of tussis¹

Latin: cough

Example Sentences

This is perhaps the only special reference to tussis as epidemic until the influenzas of the seventeenth century.

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The earliest references to it are in the medieval Latin chronicles under the name of tussis or cough, or in some periphrasis.

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Deeper he bent over his books, racked by the stone (calculus): bronchitis (tussis) attacked him; but still he refused to rest.

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But his body grew heavy with the increasing ills of extreme age, and the hard breathing of tussis.

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Name from tussis, a cough, for which the plant is a reputed remedy.

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