a small ulceration on a mucous membrane, as in thrush, caused by a fungal infection
2. veterinary science another name for foot-and-mouth disease
Derived forms
aphthous (ˈaphthous)
adjective
Word origin
C17: via Latin from Greek: mouth-sore, thrush
Examples of 'aphthae' in a sentence
aphthae
A diffuse rash and oral aphthae were then observed.
Livio Bonsignore, Roberto Cardillo, Salvatore Leotta, Sebastiano Pavone, Alfonsa LuciaDimora, Irene Alfina Cavallaro, Rosaria Platania, Nunzio Maurizio Catania, Rocco Siciliano 2013, 'Adult onset Still's disease: a comparison of two clinical cases', Italian Journal of Medicinehttp://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/460. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The neutrophil infiltration rate did not differ significantly in patients with or without aphthae.
Erol Aktunc, Zehra Safi Oz, Sibel Bektas, Cevdet Altinyazar, Rafet Koca, Serdar Bostan 2016, 'Cytomorphometric Characteristics of Buccal Mucosal Cells in Behçet's Disease Patients',Analytical Cellular Pathologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6035801. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
She had a 2-year history of repeated oral aphthae and erythema nodosum.
Husein Husein-ElAhmed 2014, 'Úlcera genital aguda asociada a eritema nudoso. ¿Cuál debería ser la primera sospecha?',Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Saludhttp://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/1729. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ravikanth Vydyula, Charles Allred, Mariana Huartado, Bushra Mina 2014, 'Surgical lung biopsy to diagnose Behcet′s vasculitis with adult respiratory distresssyndrome', Lung Indiahttp://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2014;volume=31;issue=4;spage=387;epage=389;aulast=Vydyula. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Adenitis, pharyngitis, and aphthae were present in 94%, 98%, and 56%, respectively.
Daša Perko, Maruša Debeljak, Nataša Toplak, Tadej Avčin 2015, 'Clinical Features and Genetic Background of the Periodic Fever Syndrome with AphthousStomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis: A Single Center Longitudinal Study of 81 Patients',Mediators of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/293417. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most common presentation symptoms were eruptions on the hands and feet (100%), fever (82.1%) and oral aphthae (79.5%).
İbrahim Hakan Bucak, Birgül Tepe, Habip Almiş, Ahmet Köse, Mehmet Turgut 2017, 'Joint diagnosis of pediatric and dermatology clinics: Prospective observation of thirtyninepatients with hand, foot and mouth disease', Turkdermhttp://journal.turkderm.org.tr/eng/jvi.aspx?pdir=turkderm&plng=eng&un=TURKDERM-22804&look4=. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most common causes of vesicles and aphthae on the oral mucosa are: trauma, infections, autoimmune processes, tumors.
V.V. Mavrutenkov 2015, 'Viral Stomatitis', Zdorovʹe Rebenkahttp://childshealth.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/75204. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, the nuclear area, cytoplasmic area, nucleus-to-cytoplasm ratio, and nuclearroundness factor were significantly higher in patients without aphthae.
Erol Aktunc, Zehra Safi Oz, Sibel Bektas, Cevdet Altinyazar, Rafet Koca, Serdar Bostan 2016, 'Cytomorphometric Characteristics of Buccal Mucosal Cells in Behçet's Disease Patients',Analytical Cellular Pathologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6035801. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All related terms of 'aphthae'
aphtha
a small ulceration on a mucous membrane , as in thrush , caused by a fungal infection
aftosa
an acute highly infectious viral disease of cattle , pigs , sheep , and goats , characterized by the formation of vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the feet, esp around the hoofs
aphthous fever
an acute highly infectious viral disease of cattle , pigs , sheep , and goats , characterized by the formation of vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the feet, esp around the hoofs
contagious stomatitis
an acute highly infectious viral disease of cattle , pigs , sheep , and goats , characterized by the formation of vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the feet, esp around the hoofs
FMD
foot-and-mouth disease
foot-and-mouth
an acute highly infectious viral disease of cattle , pigs , sheep , and goats , characterized by the formation of vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the feet, esp around the hoofs
foot-and-mouth disease
Foot-and-mouth disease or foot-and-mouth is a serious and highly infectious disease that affects cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats.