STOMATITIS
\stˌɒmɐtˈa͡ɪtɪs], \stˌɒmɐtˈaɪtɪs], \s_t_ˌɒ_m_ɐ_t_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_s]\
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Inflammation of the oral mucosa, due to local or systemic factors, which may involve the buccal and labial mucosa, palate, tongue, floor of the mouth, and the gingivae. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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By Robley Dunglison
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Inflammation of the mouth; occurring as simple inflammatory redness (Catarrhal s.), or more usually under the form of painful shallow ulcers (Ulcerative s.). S. may be caused by gastric derangement, general perversion of nutrition, as anaemia and scurvy (Scorbutic s.), and toxic agents, especially lead and mercury (Mercurial s.); and one form of acute ulcerative s. appears as an apparently specific febrile disease in children. Gangrenous s., see Noma. Herpetic s., Mycotic s., thrush. S. intertropica, psilosis. Symptoms of s.: pain, increased by mastication; salivation; and, in mercurial and scorbutic s., fetor of the breath. Treatment of s.: removal of cause; nitrate-of-silver stick to ulcers; borax or solution of potassium chlorate locally.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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