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thelitis

thelitis noun: inflammation of the nipple or teat.

Noun

thelitis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Inflammation of the nipple or teat.
    • Thelitis. - Inflammation of the nipple (thelitis) is not uncommon in nursing women, and originates in small cracks or fissures caused by the irritation of the mechanical act of sucking and the macerating action of the milk and saliva.1911, John George Adami, The Principles of Pathology: Systemic pathology, page 933
    • Thelitis, inflammation of the nipple, is common in nursing women when they are at all uncleanly, since the act of sucking favors the production of small wounds. The inflammation of the mamma following thelitis is usually catarrhal, […]1915, Alfred Stengel, A Text-book of Pathology, page 830

thelitis meaning in Tamil

thelitis in Tamil

காம்பழற்சி, முலைக் காம்பழற்சி

Examples of thelitis in a sentence

  • As even mild grades of thelitis are painful, […] Diphtheritic Thelitis. — Diphtheria of the nipple and areola has occurred […]1917, John Blair Deaver, Joseph McFarland, Leon Herman, The Breast: Its Anomalies, Its Diseases, and Their Treatment, pages 674 and 677:
  • In spite of the frequent milking the swelling of the lower parts of the udder and the teats did not subside; instead, it developed into acute mammitis and thelitis.1935, The Philippine Journal of Animal Industry, volumes 1-2, page 171:
  • Bovine nodular thelitis is a granulomatous dermatitis […]2014, Didier Pin et al., “Mycobacterium species related to M. leprae and M. lepromatosis from Cows with Bovine Nodular Thelitis”, in...

Origin of thelitis

From Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -itis. By surface analysis, thel- + -itis.

Questions about thelitis

What does thelitis mean?
Thelitis means inflammation of the nipple or teat.
What is thelitis in Tamil?
Thelitis in Tamil is காம்பழற்சி, முலைக் காம்பழற்சி. See Thelitis meaning in Tamil.
How do you use thelitis in a sentence?
As even mild grades of thelitis are painful, […] Diphtheritic Thelitis. — Diphtheria of the nipple and areola has occurred […]
What part of speech is thelitis?
Thelitis is a noun.

Words near thelitis in the dictionary

  1. thelephoric acid
  2. thelephoroid
  3. thelia
  4. thelion
  5. thelions
  6. thelitis
  7. thelium
  8. Thelma
  9. Thelma and Louise
  10. thelmophagous
  11. thelodont

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