Cheilitis

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, atopic dermatitis, or Candida albicans (yeast) infection. Also called angular stomatitis, commissural cheilitis, or perlèche.

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chei·li·tis or chi·li·tis kī-'līt-əs n inflammation of the lip

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n.
inflammation of the lips. Angular cheilitis affects the angles of the lips and may be caused by a staphylococcal or candidal infection, though mechanical, nutritional, and immune factors may be implicated.

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chei·li·tis (ki-liґtis) [cheil- + -itis] inflammation affecting the lips. Spelled also chilitis. Cf. cheilosis.

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