Thlipsis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθlɪp.sɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thlipsis is a noun meaning (medicine, obsolete) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.
Meaning
(medicine, obsolete) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.
More Meanings
- (Christianity) A time of hardship.
Example Sentences
Then in verse 29 Jesus says immediately after this thlipsis there will be signs in the heavens, and Jesus returns with His angels to gather his saints.
This thlipsis is something possessed in common by monks who find their monastic life most difficult, and by those laypeople who would perhaps be monks if they were able.
Thus we sometimes see, in ardent fevers, the whole body suffused with redness, while the roughness and dryness of the skin, tongue, fauces, and internal parts of the mouth shew, that the smaller vessels are impervious, being compressed by a true thlipsis, the larger vessels being over distended with red blood.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phlebostasis, phlyctidium, thrombosis, hypinosis, thermalgia, pseudothrombosis.
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