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Definition of Thlipsis

1. n. Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.

Definition of Thlipsis

1. a constriction [n THLIPSES]

Medical Definition of Thlipsis

1. Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Pressure, fr. To press. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thlipsis

thitherwards thitsee thivel thivels thixolabile thixotropic thixotropic thixotropic fluid thixotropies thixotropy

thixotropy Thlaspi Thlaspi arvense thlipses thlipsis (current term) thlipsis (current term) ThM Tho tho' thoft

thofts thogoto-like viruses thole thole tholed tholeiite tholeiites tholeiitic tholepin tholepins

Literary usage of Thlipsis

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1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"COMPRESSIO, Compression, thlipsis. COMPRES'SION OF THE BRAIN. This may arise either from coagula of blood, a soft tumour, a bony excrescence, ..."

2. A Latin Grammar for the Use of Schools by Johan Nikolai Madvig, George Woods, Thomas Anthony Thacher (1892)
"... it being at the same time requisite to pronounce the former (in order to make the verse complete), instead of dropping it by elision (ec- thlipsis). ..."

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