APHTHOUS ULCER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth or gastrointestinal tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aphthous ulcer" is a kind of...):

ulcer; ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)

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