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Webster 1913 Edition

Aphtha

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Aph′tha

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Noun.

[Sing. of

.]

(Med.)

(a)

One of the whitish specks called aphthæ.

(b)

The disease, also called thrush.

Definition 2024

aphtha

aphtha

English

Noun

aphtha ‎(countable and uncountable, plural aphthae)

(pathology) candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida)
An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause.
(veterinary medicine) foot-and-mouth disease

Translations

oral thrush

Dutch: aft (nl) m, f

Finnish: aftoosi
Portuguese: afta f

oral ulcer

Finnish: afta (fi)

Portuguese: afta f

foot-and-mouth disease — see foot-and-mouth disease