Definition of Cheilitis

1. Noun. Inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips.

Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Cheilitis

1. Noun. (medicine) inflammation of the lips ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cheilitis

1. Inflammation and cracking of the lips. May occur secondary to a vitamin (C or B-complex) or mineral deficiency. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheilitis

cheffed
cheffing
cheffonier
cheffoniers
chefing
cheflike
chefs
chefs d'oeuvre
chegoe
chegoes
cheil-
cheilalgia
cheilectomy
cheilectropion
cheilion
cheilitis (current term)
cheilitis exfoliativa
cheilitis granulomatosa
cheilitis venenata
cheilo-
cheilocystidia
cheilocystidium
cheilognathoglossoschisis
cheilognathopalatoschisis
cheilognathouranoschisis
cheilophagia
cheiloplasties
cheiloplasty

Literary usage of Cheilitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the digestive organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"Acute cheilitis.—Acute inflammation of the lips often follows in the wake of ... Acute cheilitis will, of course, also occur when a furuncle or carbuncle ..."

2. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"... instances to permit the introduction of a fine probe. An opaque mucous or mucopurulent secretion readily Fig. 354.—cheilitis glandularis (courtesy of ..."

3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"cheilitis EXFOLIATIVA. Synonym.—Persistent exfoliation of the lips ... cheilitis exfoliativa is an inflammatory disease of the mucous membrane of the lips, ..."

4. Swine Diseases by Albert Thomas Kinsley (1914)
"cheilitis The lips are also subject to injuries inflicted by rough foods or by foreign bodies in the food. Wounds, too, may be inflicted by dogs. ..."

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