thelitis

thelitis

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) +‎ -itis

Noun

thelitis (uncountable)

1. (pathology, archaic) inflammation of the nipple
   • 1915, Alfred Stengel, A Text-book of Pathology (page 830)

     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, […]

   • 1917, John Blair Deaver, ‎Joseph McFarland, ‎Leon Herman, The Breast: Its Anomalies, Its Diseases, and Their Treatment (pages 674 and 677)

     As even mild grades of thelitis are painful, […] Diphtheritic Thelitis. — Diphtheria of the nipple and areola has occurred […]

   • 1935, The Philippine Journal of Animal Industry (volumes 1-2, page 171)

     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.