Obs. [cf. Fr. étisie; app. irreg. f. med.L. etica, L. hectica (see HECTIC sb.) on analogy of phthisie, phthisis.] = HECTIC sb.
1527. Andrew, Brunswyke’s Distyll. Waters, clxxviii. M ij b. For the Ptisicis and etisis, and for the consumynge sekenesse of the longues.
1582. Hester, Secr. Phiorav., III. ii. 6. It helpeth muche against the Etisie, and against all sortes of Catarres.
