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tussis

[ tuhs-is ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a cough.


tussis

/ ˈʌɪ /

noun

  1. the technical name for cough See pertussis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٳܲ, adjective
  • ˈٳܲ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tussis1

< Latin: a cough
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tussis1

Latin: cough
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Example Sentences

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

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

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Tussis consumptiva Scorbutus et elii morbi radix.

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Note, however, in passing, that Schoepf says nothing, save tussis, that suggests the vis anti-spasmodica of Cutler.

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Vis, buris, sitis, tussis, cucumis, amussis, cannabis, sinapis—these words, which have attracted so much attention in the world, effected this, because they belonged to a determined class, and yet were exceptions; on that account I value them highly, and the fact that I have them ready at my finger's ends when I perhaps need them in a hurry affords me in many dark hours of life much internal tranquillity and consolation.

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