| moist tetter | wet tetter |
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| moist | 1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." 2. Fresh, or new. "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Origin: OE. Moiste, OF. Moiste, F. Moite, fr. L. Muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| moist gangrene | Ischemic necrosis of an extremity with bacterial infection, producing cellulitis adjacent to the necrotic areas. Synonym: moist gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moist rale | A bubbling rale caused by air mixing with a fluid exudate in the bronchial tubes or a cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moist wart | An obsolete term for condyloma acuminatum. Mosaic wart, plantar growth of numerous closely aggregated wart's forming a mosaic appearance, frequently caused by human papilloma virus type 2. (05 Mar 2000) |
| branny tetter | <dermatology> Dried skin that flakes free from the scalp. (27 Sep 1997) |
| milk tetter | An obsolete term for crusta lactea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crusted tetter | <dermatology, microbiology> A contagious pyoderma caused by direct inoculation of group A streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus into superficial cutaneous abrasions or compromised skin. It is most commonly seen in children, usually located on the face, especially about the nose and mouth. The characteristic features are the presence of discrete fragile vesicles surrounded by an erythematous border that become pustular and rupture to discharge a thin, amber coloured seropurulent fluid that dries and forms a thick yellowish crust, the pustules may spread peripherally with central healing, evolving into annular, circinate or gyrate patterns. (18 Nov 1997) |
| scaly tetter | An obsolete colloquialism for eczema. Wet tetter, outmoded term for a moist eczematous dermatitis. Synonym: humid tetter, moist tetter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humid tetter | wet tetter |
| dry tetter | An obsolete colloquialism for eczema. Honeycomb tetter, obsolete term for favus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetter | <medicine> A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes. <medicine> Honeycomb tetter, psoriasis. <botany> Tetter berry, the white bryony. Origin: OE. Teter, AS. Teter, tetr; akin to G. Zitter, zittermal, OHG. Zittaroch, Skr. Dadru, dadruka, a sort of skin disease. 63, 240. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |