tussis en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin tussis (“cough”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) A cough.
In cachectic subjects, or in a strumous child the victim is never safe when the diathesis is reinforced by any contagion which further undermines a constitution built on sand. Even in such cases the force of the tussis attack can be rendered less forceful by judicious treatment and proper care.
1902, Robert M. Tooker, “The Homœopathic Treatment of Whooping Cough”, in The North American Journal of Homeopathy, volume 50, page 48:As George whittled the lengthy wood, his tussis nearly cured, he found himself surrounded by curious lads and lasses.
2010, Karen Bowden-Cox, Honorable Passage: Repaying Evil With..., page 156:Except of my coffin, / For what can I else with this horrible tussis?
1971, Edward Wagenknecht, James Russell Lowell; Portrait of a Many-sided Man, page 224:
Deriveds
Relateds
tussal · tussicular · tussic · tussive · tussiculation