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NOUN:
A severe, often gangrenous inflammation of the mouth or genitals, occurring usually after an infectious disease and found most often in children in poor hygienic or malnourished condition.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin nom, ulcer, from Greek, pasturage, feeding, spreading (of a sore); see nem- in Indo-European roots


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