STOMATITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("stomatitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stomatitis"):

vesicular stomatitis (a disease of horses, cattle, swine, and occasionally human beings; caused by the vesiculovirus)

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