Medical Definition of Commissural cheilitis

1. Inflammation and fissuring radiating from the commissures of the mouth secondary to predisposing factors such as lost vertical dimension in denture wearers, nutritional deficiencies, atopic dermatitis, or Candida albicans infection. Synonym: angular stomatitis, commissural cheilitis, perleche. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissural Cheilitis

commissura fornicis
commissura grisea
commissura habenularum
commissura hippocampi
commissura labiorum
commissura palpebrarum lateralis
commissura palpebrarum medialis
commissura posterior cerebri
commissura posterior grisea
commissura ventralis alba
commissurae supraopticae
commissural
commissural cell
commissural cheilitis (current term)
commissural fibres
commissural myelotomy
commissure
commissure of cerebral hemispheres
commissure of fornix
commissure of habenulae
commissure of inferior colliculi
commissure of lips
commissure of superior colliculus
commissures
commissurotomies
commissurotomy

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