canker /can·ker/ (kang´ker) an ulceration, especially of the oral mucosa.
canker
canker (kang´kur),
can·ker (k ng k r)n. 1. Ulceration of the mouth and lips. 2. An acute inflammation or infection of the ear and auditory canal, especially in dogs and cats. 3. Cancrum. |
canker
[kang′kər]
Etymology: L, cancer, crab
an ulcer or sore in the mouth or genitals. Also called aphthous stomatitis, chancre.
canker (kang´kur),
n See aphtha.
canker
ulceration, especially (1) of the lip or oral mucosa; (2) in horses of the horn of the sole of the foot; (3) often used erroneously to describe otitis externa.
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Severe canker in the frog of a horse's hoof. By permission from Hinchcliff KW, Kaneps AJ, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Saunders, 2004
avian canker
disease of birds caused by Trichomonas gallinae and characterized by accumulations of caseous material in the throat.
ear canker
see ear canker.
equine canker
chronic hypertrophy and necrosis of the horn-producing tissues of the horse's foot, usually a hindfoot. The horn is shed or easily removed from a swollen and necrotic corium. There is lameness and a penetrating foul odor.
lapine canker
inflammation of the ears of rabbits caused by the mites Psoroptes communis or Chorioptes cuniculi. The ear canal is filled with an accumulation of serum and sebaceous material.
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