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Definition of Cheilitis
1. Noun. Inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips.
Definition of Cheilitis
1. Noun. (medicine) inflammation of the lips ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Cheilitis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheilitis
Literary usage of Cheilitis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the digestive organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"Acute cheilitis.—Acute inflammation of the lips often follows in the wake of ...
Acute cheilitis will, of course, also occur when a furuncle or carbuncle ..."
2. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"... instances to permit the introduction of a fine probe. An opaque mucous or
mucopurulent secretion readily Fig. 354.—cheilitis glandularis (courtesy of ..."
3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"cheilitis EXFOLIATIVA. Synonym.—Persistent exfoliation of the lips ... cheilitis
exfoliativa is an inflammatory disease of the mucous membrane of the lips, ..."
4. Swine Diseases by Albert Thomas Kinsley (1914)
"cheilitis The lips are also subject to injuries inflicted by rough foods or by
foreign bodies in the food. Wounds, too, may be inflicted by dogs. ..."
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