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aphtha (iou) and Inflation (medicine)


aphtha (iou)



aphtha noun. . M17.
[Latin from Greek, mostly in pl.; connected with haptein set on fire.]
Medicine. A small usu. white ulcer occurring in groups in the mouth or on the tongue; rare the occurrence of such ulcers. Usu. in pl.
? Orig. applied esp. to the ulcers associated with candidiasis, but now usu. excluding these.
aphthous adjective of the Nature of or characterized by aphthae M18.

Inflation (medicine)


inflation
Distention by a fluid or gas.

Synonym: vesiculation.

Origin: L. Inflatio, fr. In-flo, pp. -flatus, to blow into, inflate