Thelitis
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Inflammation of the nipple or teat. rare, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -itis. By surface analysis, thel- + -itis.
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