Commissural cheilitis
commissural cheilitis n.
See angular cheilitis.
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[kom-uh-shoo r, -shur] /ˈkɒm əˌʃʊər, -ˌʃɜr/ noun 1. a joint; seam; suture. 2. Botany. the joint or face by which one carpel coheres with another. 3. Anatomy, Zoology. a connecting band of nerve fiber, especially one joining the right and left sides of the brain or spinal cord. /ˈkɒmɪˌsjʊə/ noun 1. a band of tissue […]
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