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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Inflammation of the mucous tissue of the mouth.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Inflammation of the interior of the mouth, including the mucous membrane of the lips, gums, tongue, cheeks, and palate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Inflammation of the mouth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An inflammation of parts of the mucous membrane lining of the mouth.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth

Etymologies

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stomata +‎ -itis

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