tetter
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Mrs. Bains put a hand on the taller boy’s hair and fingered it lightly, absently searching with her nails for tetter spots.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
In the fever or the berebarde," "Berbi, O.F., chancre, dartre; a boil, bubo, or tetter, commonly attendant upon pestilent fever.
From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various
September 24, 1802 My Dear Manning,—Since the date of my last tetter, I have been a traveller, A strong desire seized me of visiting remote regions.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles
It appears to have been the scaly tetter, which they sometimes denominated psoriasis, at others lepra, a synonymous affection; but neither pustular nor vesicular.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
The most common of which is the tetter, or ring-worm, that seems to affect almost one half of them, and leaves whitish serpentine marks every where behind it.
