aphtha
Britishnoun
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a small ulceration on a mucous membrane, as in thrush, caused by a fungal infection
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vet science another name for foot-and-mouth disease
Other Word Forms
- aphthous adjective
Etymology
Origin of aphtha
C17: via Latin from Greek: mouth-sore, thrush
Example Sentences
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In Cheshire the ailment known as aphtha or thrush, which affects the mouth or throat of infants, is not uncommonly treated in much the same manner.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
May not this disease be referred to aphtha, or to dysentery?
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
I shall concisely mention four cases of aphtha, but do not pretend to determine whether they were all of them symptomatic or original diseases.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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