Taber's Medical Dictionary
aphtha
(af′thă )
(af′thē)
pl. aphthae [Gr. aphtha, small ulcer]
A small ulcer on a mucous membrane of the mouth, as in thrush.
aphthic (-thik ), adj.
Bednar's aphthae
SEE: Bednar aphthae
cachectic aphtha
A lesion formed beneath the tongue and accompanied by severe constitutional symptoms.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Aphtha." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/Bednar's_aphthae.
Aphtha. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/Bednar's_aphthae. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Aphtha. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/Bednar's_aphthae
Aphtha [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/Bednar's_aphthae.
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