'Tetter' definitions:
Definition of 'Tetter'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Tetter'
From: 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]
Definition of 'tetter'
From: 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]