Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Aphthous ulcer of the mucous membrane in the angle between the lip and the gum.

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Examples

  • In the good old days when decoctions of any herb that was particularly nauseous were swallowed in the simple faith that virtue resided in them in proportion to their revolting taste, the gold-thread's bitter roots furnished a tea much valued as a spring tonic and as a cure for ulcerated throats and canker-sore mouths of helpless children.

    Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

  • Well, that's where I Think I caught it, the first time I ever had a canker-sore, right on the end of my nose.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • That's when his passion for inventing collided with his training as a chemist to solve his aggravating canker-sore problem.

    Catholic Online > Daily Readings 2009

  • That's when his passion for inventing collided with his training as a chemist to solve his aggravating canker-sore problem.

    Catholic Online > Daily Readings 2009

  • That's when his passion for inventing collided with his training as a chemist to solve his aggravating canker-sore problem.

    Catholic Online > Daily Readings 2009

  • That's when his passion for inventing collided with his training as a chemist to solve his aggravating canker-sore problem.

    Catholic Online > Daily Readings 2009

  • That's when his passion for inventing collided with his training as a chemist to solve his aggravating canker-sore problem.

    Catholic Online > Daily Readings 2009

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