a. [f. TETTER sb. + -OUS.] Of the nature of, proceeding from, or causing tetter.

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  In quot. 1758 perhaps an error for TETROUS, foul.

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1719.  Quincy, Lex. Physico-Med. (1726), Noli-me-tangere, touch me not, is a tetterous Eruption, thus call’d, from its Soreness, or Difficulty of Cure.

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1750.  Rutty, in Phil. Trans., LI. 476. Scab, tetterous eruptions, scald head, and sore eyes.

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1758.  J. S., Le Dran’s Observ. Surg. (1771), 131. A tetterous Humour … shall create an Obstruction.

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