From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tetter \Tet"ter\, noun [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}.
{Honeycomb tetter} (Med.), favus.
{Moist tetter} (Med.), eczema.
{Scaly tetter} (Med.), psoriasis.
{Tetter berry} (Bot.), the white bryony.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tetter \Tet"ter\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tettered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tettering}.] To affect with tetter. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, noun [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}.
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