thelitis

English

Etymology

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

Noun

thelitis (uncountable)

(pathology, rare) Inflammation of the nipple or teat.
- 1911, John George Adami, The Principles of Pathology: Systemic pathology, page 933:
  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.
- 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.
- 2014, Didier Pin et al., “Mycobacterium species related to M. leprae and M. lepromatosis from Cows with Bovine Nodular Thelitis”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, page 2111:
  Bovine nodular thelitis is a granulomatous dermatitis […]
- 2016, Peter D. Constable, Kenneth W Hinchcliff, Stanley H. Done, Walter Gruenberg, Veterinary Medicine - E-BOOK: A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1986:
  Thelitis or inflammation of the tissues of the teat wall leading to gangrene is a common complication of gangrenous mastitis […] Inflammation of the wall of the teat (thelitis) is a nonspecific lesion usually associated with traumatic injury to the […]