trench mouth

Noun

Meaning

trench mouth (uncountable)

(idiomatic, medicine) Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis.

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Synonyms

fusospirochetal gingivitis phagedenic gingivitis ulcerative gingivitis Plaut-Vincent angina fusospirillosis Vincent's stomatitis acute membranous gingivitis acute ulcerative gingivitis

Hypernyms

angina contagion

Related terms

trench foot

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