3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  {Honeycomb  tetter}  (Med.),  favus. 
 
  {Moist  tetter}  (Med.),  eczema. 
 
  {Scaly  tetter}  (Med.),  psoriasis. 
 
  {Tetter  berry}  (Bot.),  the  white  bryony. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tetter  \Tet"ter\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tettered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Tettering}.] 
  To  affect  with  tetter.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 

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