See Also: angular cheilitis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Cheilitis(health)
cheilitis(medicine)
impetiginous cheilitis(medicine)
cheilitis exfoliativa(medicine)
cheilitis glandularis(medicine)
cheilitis venenata(medicine)
commissural cheilitis(medicine)
actinic cheilitis(medicine)

angular cheilitis (medicine)


angular cheilitis
Inflammation and fissuring radiating from the commissures of the mouth secondary to predisposing factors such as lost vertical dimension in denture wearers, nutritional deficiencies, atopic dermatitis, or Candida albicans infection.

Synonym: angular stomatitis, commissural cheilitis, perleche.