Definition of Aphthae

1. Noun. (plural of aphtha) ¹

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Definition of Aphthae

1. aphtha [n] - See also: aphtha

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphthae

aphrenia
aphrite
aphrodisiacal
aphrodisiacs
aphrodisian
aphrodite
aphrodites
aphroditic
aphrometer
aphrometers
aphronia
aphtha
aphthae (current term)
aphthae major
aphthae minor
aphthitalite
aphthoid
aphthong
aphthongs
aphthosis
aphthous
aphthous stomatitis
aphthous ulcer
aphthous ulcers
aphthovirus
aphthoviruses
aphylactic

Literary usage of Aphthae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Women and Children by John Burns (1843)
"A variety of this disease, differing in no essential symptom, is attended with a fever sui generis.* SECTION TWENTY-SIXTH. aphthae are small white specks, ..."

2. On slight ailments, and on treating disease by Lionel Smith Beale (1896)
"aphthae are little superficial ulcer-like depressions, sometimes with infiltration and ... aphthae are extremely common in weak, ill-nourished infants, ..."

3. On the wasting diseases of infants and children by Eustace Smith (1899)
"In children over twelve mouths old, such attacks are often accompanied by aphthae of the mouth. These are found on the tip of the tongue, round the anterior ..."

4. A Treatise on the diseases and surgery of the mouth, jaws and associate parts by James Edmund Garretson (1869)
"Thus we explain to ourselves the real and apparent connection of dental irritation with the aphthae. From a simple form, or the inflammation of isolated ..."

5. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1883)
"This affection of the cral mucous membrane is designated by most authors as " aphthae," a name which is tlso used for other diseases of the mouth, ..."

6. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1869)
"This affection of the oral mucous membrane is designated by most authors as " aphthae," a name which is also used for other diseases of ihe mouth, ..."

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