- commissural cheilitis
- cheilitis affecting principally the angles (commissures) of the mouth. See also perlиche.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
commissural cheilitis
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Cheilitis — Inflammation of the lips or of a lip. Cheilitis can also be spelled chilitis. Angular cheilitis is inflammation and fissuring radiating from the commissures (angles) of the mouth secondary to predisposing factors such as nutritional deficiencies … Medical dictionary
cheilitis, chilitis — Inflammation of the lips or of a lip. SEE ALSO: cheilosis. [cheil + G. itis, inflammation] actinic c. SYN: solar c.. angular c. inflammation and fissuring radiating from the commissures of the mouth secondary to predisposing factors such as lost… … Medical dictionary
