thelitis

noun

1. (rare, uncountable)Inflammation of the nipple or teat.

   “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.”

   “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, […]”

   “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.”

   “Bovine nodular thelitis is a granulomatous dermatitis […]”