honeycomb tetter

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honeycomb tetter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     Honeycomb tetter (Med.), favus.
  
     Moist tetter (Med.), eczema.
  
     Scaly tetter (Med.), psoriasis.
  
     Tetter berry (Bot.), the white bryony.
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