Stomatitis
noun, Pathology.
1.
inflammation of the mouth.
noun
1.
inflammation of the mouth
stomatitis sto·ma·ti·tis (stō’mə-tī’tĭs)
n.
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth.
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