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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013281
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Preferred Name

Stomatitis, Aphthous

Definitions
A recurrent disease of the oral mucosa of unknown etiology. It is characterized by small white ulcerative lesions, single or multiple, round or oval. Two to eight crops of lesions occur per year, lasting for 7 to 14 days and then heal without scarring. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p742)
Synonyms
Sore, Canker
Aphthous Stomatitis
Canker Sores
Stomatitides, Aphthous
Sores, Canker
Ulcer, Aphthous
Ulcers, Aphthous
Canker Sore
Periadenitis Mucosa Necrotica Recurrens
Aphthae
Aphthous Stomatitides
Aphthous Ulcer
Aphthous Ulcers
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