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 Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha.
Aphtha. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha. Accessed October 11, 2026.
Aphtha. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha
Aphtha [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770600/all/aphtha.
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