See Also: typhinia(medicine)

orison (iou) and typhinia (medicine)


orison (iou)



orison noun. arch. ME.
[Old French oreison, orison (mod. oraison), Anglo-Norman ureison, from Latin oratio(n-) speech, oration: see ORATION noun.]
A prayer. In later use usu. in pl. ME.
Shakespeare Hamlet Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins rememb'red.
b. The action of praying. Now rare. ME.
A speech, an oration. Chiefly Scot. LME-E17.

typhinia (medicine)


typhinia


Synonym: relapsing fever.

Origin: G. Typhos, smoke, stupor arising from fever