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CANKER SORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("canker sore" is a kind of...):
ulcer; ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)