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tetter

/tet-er/US // ˈtɛt ər //UK // (ˈtɛtə) //

苠迮郇郋郅郋迣邽邽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various eruptive skin diseases, as herpes, eczema, and impetigo.

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Examples

  • Ringworm is a curious form of tetter, in which the inflamed patches assume the form of a ring.

  • Tetter, 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.

  • Thus the verses are continued until tetter having “no brother” is ordered to be gone.

  • He is covered with tetter, a disease of such a sort as to increase his vehemence and his activity.