Thelitis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thelitis is a noun meaning (pathology, rare) Inflammation of the nipple or teat.
Meaning
(pathology, rare) Inflammation of the nipple or teat.
Example Sentences
Bovine nodular thelitis is a granulomatous dermatitis […]
As even mild grades of thelitis are painful, […] Diphtheritic Thelitis. — Diphtheria of the nipple and areola has occurred […]
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.
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.
Related Words
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