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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Oral Ulcer

Preferred term

Oral Ulcer  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Mouth Ulcer
  • Mouth Ulcers
  • Ulcer, Mouth
  • Ulcers, Mouth

Note

  • coord IM with cause (IM) if pertinent; not a synonym for STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS

Scope note

  • A loss of mucous substance of the mouth showing local excavation of the surface, resulting from the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue. It is the result of a variety of causes, e.g., denture irritation, aphthous stomatitis (STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS); NOMA; necrotizing gingivitis (GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE); TOOTHBRUSHING; and various irritants. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p842)

History note

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In other languages

  • suuhaava

    Finnish

  • suuhaavat
  • suuhaavauma
  • suuhaavaumat
  • suun haava
  • suun haavat
  • suun haavauma
  • suun haavaumat
  • Orala ulcerationer

    Swedish

  • Orala sår

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019226

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