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Aphthae

Candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida)

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noun
  1. 1

    Candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida)

  2. 2

    An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause.

  3. 3

    Foot-and-mouth disease

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simplexnoun(linguistics) A word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes (inflectional affixes are usually disregarded); a monomorphemic word.
recurrentRecurring; happening time after time.
resembleverb(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
lesionsnoun(pathology) A wound or injury.
mouthnoun(anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
oral(relational) Relating to the mouth.
genitalOf or relating to the genitalia.
minorLesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
patientsnouna 2016 French drama directed by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir.
treatmentnounMedical care for an illness or injury.
associatedverb(of a person or thing) Connected with something or another person.
appearverb(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
occurverb(intransitive) To happen or take place.
majorGreater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
areverb(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.
aphthous(pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.
aphthoid(pathology) Of, or resembling aphtha (thrush).
bullaenoun(biology, medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
chancrenoun(pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
conjunctivitisnoun(pathology) An inflammation of the conjunctiva, often due to infection.

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