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}. [1913 Webster] {Honeycomb tetter} (Med.), favus. {Moist tetter} (Med.), eczema. {Scaly tetter} (Med.), psoriasis. {Tetter berry} (Bot.), the white bryony. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster]
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