Tetter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tetter \Tet"ter\, n. [OE. teter, AS. teter, tetr; akin to G.
     zitter, zittermal, OHG. zittaroch, Skr. dadru, dadruka, a
     sort of skin disease. [root]63, 240.] (Med.)
     A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See {Herpes}.
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     {Honeycomb tetter} (Med.), favus.
  
     {Moist tetter} (Med.), eczema.
  
     {Scaly tetter} (Med.), psoriasis.
  
     {Tetter berry} (Bot.), the white bryony.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tetter \Tet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tettered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Tettering}.]
     To affect with tetter. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to
     boil.] (Med.)
     An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
     presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small
     vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which
     often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; --
     called also {tetter}, {milk crust}, and {salt rheum}.
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