tetter
(not in technical use) any of various eruptive skin diseases, as herpes, eczema, and impetigo.
Origin of tetter
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How to use tetter in a sentence
Ringworm is a curious form of tetter, in which the inflamed patches assume the form of a ring.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 | Barkham Burroughstetter, tet′ėr, n. a popular name for several eruptive diseases of the skin.
It is crusted and scabbed with yellowish tetter, like sulphur or the rancid fat on meat.
The Old Front Line | John MasefieldThus the verses are continued until tetter having “no brother” is ordered to be gone.
The Old English Herbals | Eleanour Sinclair RohdeHe is covered with tetter, a disease of such a sort as to increase his vehemence and his activity.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
British Dictionary definitions for tetter
/ (ˈtɛtə) /
a blister or pimple
informal any of various skin eruptions, such as eczema
Origin of tetter
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