aphtha

/ ˈæfθə /

noun

1. a small ulceration on a mucous membrane, as in thrush, caused by a fungal infection
2. vet science another name for foot-and-mouth disease

Derived Forms

• ˈaphthous, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of aphtha¹

C17: via Latin from Greek: mouth-sore, thrush

Example Sentences

Dr. Whytt of Edinburgh has given with Success a strong Decoction of the Bark, mixed with the confectio japonica of the Edinburgh Dispensatory, in the bad State of the Dysentery, when the Mouth and alimentary Canal were threatened with Aphthæ, and even sometimes after they had appeared.

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Actinomycosis. womb mouth, description and treatment 176 Infectious aphtha.

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When young animals are affected with the form of disease termed aphtha, small red elevations are observed on the tongue and other parts of the mouth, having little white points on their centers, which consist of the epithelium of the mucous membrane raised into vesicles.

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The membrane of the mouth may become inflamed by eating some irritating substance or plant, or little vesicles may form in the mouths of calves when they are affected with indigestion, constituting what is termed aphtha.

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Foot-and-mouth disease, also known as aphthous fever, epizootic aphtha, and eczema contagiosa, is an acute, highly communicable disease chiefly confined to cloven-footed animals and characterized by an eruption of vesicles or blisters on the mucous membrane of the mouth and on the skin between the toes and above the hoofs.

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