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, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha.
Aphtha. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha. Accessed January 27, 2025.
Aphtha. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha
Aphtha [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 27]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha.
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