ptisan
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ptis·an
(tĭz'ən, tĭ-zăn') 
n.
A medicinal infusion, such as sweetened barley water.
n.
A medicinal infusion, such as sweetened barley water.
[Middle English tisane, peeled barley, barley water, from Old French, from Latin ptisana, tisana, from Greek ptisanē, from ptissein, to crush.]
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