APHTHA, APHTH

4 (Lat.), n’s f. sing. and pl. A?p(a?pytha’, -the(tha’-e?), Gr., dp@a, äpéac. Fr., aphthe, muguet, blanı Ger., Aphthen, Soor, Mundschwamm. 'It., afte, mughetto. §| dftas. Syn.: angina aphthosa, aphthous (or vesicular) stomatitis. ‘he thrush, sprue (sprew); a form of sore mouth occurring mostly in infants, characterized by whitish patches, which may become confluent and give rise to ulceration, and occasionally extend into the cesophagus, consisting of erithelial seales together with the spores and filaments of a vegetable organism, the Oidium albicans. TA, tan Mei adultorum. Aphthous sore mouth in the adult. [L, 63.—Aphtha anginosa. A form of sore throat seen in damp, cold weather, icularly among women and children. There is slight fever, with redne and swelling of the fauces, and small whitish specks form on the tongue and the mucous membrane of the throat, which occasionally coalesce and produce patches of superficial ulceration. {L, 167.|—~Aphthw conflnentes. Fr., aphthes confluents, Confluent aphthæ. [D,72.|—Aphtha epizootic a, Aphthæ epizootic. Fr., mal des pieds et del a bouche. Ger., Maulklauenseuche. Foot-and-mouth disease; a subacute febril disease of cattle, transmi ible to man by contagion or infect is characterized by aphthous stomatitis accompanied by a vesicular cutaneous eruption, the latter being most constant in the neighborhood of the hoofs. [E, 12.) In children, in whom it is due to the use of milk from cows suffering with it, there are present aphthous stomatitis, digestive disorder, and a vesicular eruption on the face and hands, and sometimes between the toes. When the vesicles dry up, they leave brownish scales. [D, 25.]—Aphtha febrilis. Ger., Aphthenfieber. An affection characterized by fever, with ulcers in the mouth which may extend to the cesophagus and stomtyriasis or erotoma-" ach, [L, 132J—-Aphtha gangrienosa. See Gangrenous STOMA- TITIS—Aphthæ in adult is. See ieee adultorum.—Aphtha in fan til is (seu infantum). Aphthous stomatitis in infants. [D, 40.;—Aphtha lactantium (seu lactucimen [Amatus], seu lactucimena [Amatus], seu lactumina [Amatus]). See Aphtha in fan til is. — Aphtha parasitic a, See Apitha.—Aphtha preputli, Aphthæ præputii. See Hrrres preputial is,— Aphtha serpens, Aphthæ serpentes. See CANCRUM or is.— Aphthe tropic. Fr., aphthes indiens. Ger., in disc he Spruw. Syn.: gastro-enteritis aphthosa indica, aphthoides indice chronice, phlegmasia membrane mucosæ gastro-pul monal is. An affection observed in popes? climates, described by Van der Burg as having three stages. In the first stage there are fullne and oppre ion at the gear etna pain in the right shoulder-blade, nausea, vomiting, and derangement of the bowels, especially in the morning; in the second stage there are continued vomiting, sensitivene of the mucous membrane of the mouth, and a red, fleshy appearance of the dorsum of the tongue, on which small, white, painful spots appear; the third stage is characterized by great emaciation and an aggravation of all the symptoms, and usually terminates in death. [Wernich (M, 1).|—Aphtha venereæ. Mucous patches, [G, 11.] —Emphilisis aphtha. See Aphtha.—Epizootic aphtha. ' See Aphtha epizootic a.—Gangrenous aphtha. See Gangrenous st0- MATITIS.