thelitis

[ thi-lahy-tis ]

/ θɪˈlaɪ tɪs /

noun Pathology.

inflammation of the nipple.

Nearby words

theistic, thelarche, thelazia, thelaziasis, theleplasty, thelitis, thelium, thelma, thelo-, thelon, thelorrhagia

Origin of thelitis

1840–50; < Greek thēl(ḗ) nipple + -itis

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