Path. [a. Gr. θλῖψις pressure, compression, from θλΐβ-ειν to press, squeeze.] (See quots.)
1693. trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict., Thlipsis.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., I. Thlipsis, is a Compression of the Vessels, in an Animal Body.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Thlipsis, compression, and especially constriction of vessels by an external cause. Oppression. [Hence in mod. Dicts.]
So ǁ Thlipsencephalus [Gr. ἐγκέφαλος brain]: see quot.; hence Thlipsencephalous a., of or pertaining to a thlipsencephalus.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Thlipsencephalus,… a monster in whom the skull is open, not merely in the frontal and parietal, but also in the occipital regions.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Thlipsencephalous.
