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Definition of Thlipsis
1. n. Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.
Definition of Thlipsis
1. Noun. (medicine) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thlipsis
1. a constriction [n THLIPSES]
Medical Definition of Thlipsis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thlipsis
Literary usage of Thlipsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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