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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1641
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Phtisie, Ptisie, Phtissi, n. [mod. F. phtysie (1545). See also Phtisik n.] Pulmonary tuberculosis. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 167/510.
Phtisie [1591 ptisie] 1641 Analecta Scotica I. 134.
He had contracted a spitting of blood which was followed with a perfect phtissi
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