stomatitis

[Gr. stoma (gen it. stomatos ); suff.- it is.] Pathol.: Inflammation of the mouth, a disease commonly occurring in young children. There are three forms of it: Follicular stomatitis, affecting the mucous follicles of the mouth; ulcerative stomatitis, attacking the gums, and gangrenous stomatitis, cancrum or is , or sloughing phagedæna of the mouth, affecting the ti ues of the cheek. proboscis, by means of which it sucks the blood of man and the inferior animals.