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Definition of Aphtha
1. n. One of the whitish specks called aphthæ.
Definition of Aphtha
1. Noun. (medicine) thrush (the disease) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphtha
1. a small blister in the mouth or stomach [n -THAE] : APHTHOUS [adj]
Medical Definition of Aphtha
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphtha
Literary usage of Aphtha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1915)
"Pressure of the tongue upon the thin mucous membrane during nursing, or other
forms of traumatic irritation, appear to act as causes. aphtha ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1849)
"The following simple prescription lias proved a specific in my hands in many
hundred cases of aphtha. ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"THE term aphtha is most commonly applied to an eruptive affection localised within
or upon the buccal membrane, mostly seen in young animals, and ordinarily ..."
4. The Illustrated Horse Doctor: Being an Accurate and Detailed Account of the by Edward Mayhew (1880)
"aphtha is a human disorder as well as an equine disease. ... May not a slight
attack of aphtha sometimes explain that which the groom intends by lampas? ..."
5. Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology by August Hirsch (1886)
"CHAPTER VIII. VARIOUS FORMS OF STOMATITIS. § 64. aphtha OP THE ... Under the
term " aphtha) " there are included at the present day, as formerly, ..."
6. Diseases of infancy and childhood, their dietetic, hygienic, and medical by Louis Fischer (1914)
"These 'aphtha;' will get well when left alone; but as long as there is a sore
surface there is a possibility of microbic invasion; for that reason alone ..."
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