See Also: autographism(medicine)

twittle (iou) and autographism (medicine)


twittle (iou)



twittle verb trans.rare. L16-L18.
[App. alt. of TITTLE verb1. Cf. TWITTLE-TWATTLE.]
Utter or express idly; babble; twitter.

autographism (medicine)


autographism -->
dermatographism


A form of urticaria in which whealing occurs in the site and in the configuration of application of stroking (pressure, friction) of the skin.

Synonym: autographism, dermagraphy, dermatography, dermographia, dermographism, dermography, factitious urticaria, skin Writing, urticaria factitia.

Origin: dermato-+ G. Grapho, to write