CANKER SORE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)

Synonyms:

canker; canker sore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("canker sore" is a kind of...):

ulcer; ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)

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