Mouthsore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sore in or of the mouth.

    "OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore."

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"OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore."

Etymology

From Middle English *mouthsor, *muthsar, from Old English mūþsār (“mouthsore”), equivalent to mouth + sore.

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