canker sore


noun Pathology.

an ulceration of a mucous membrane, especially of the mouth.

Origin of canker sore

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby canker sore

Medical definitions for canker sore

canker sore

n.

A small painful ulcer of the mucous membrane of the mouth; an aphtha. aphthous stomatitis recurrent aphthous ulcers ulcerative stomatitis