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CHEILITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cheilitis mean?
• CHEILITIS (noun)
The noun CHEILITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips
Familiarity information: CHEILITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cheilitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
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