| 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) |
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| tetterwort | <botany> A plant used as a remedy for tetter, in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| branny tetter | <dermatology> Dried skin that flakes free from the scalp. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| milk tetter | An obsolete term for crusta lactea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moist tetter | wet tetter |
| 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) |