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cancrum oris

cancrum oris noun: noma, a gangrenous disease of the face.

Noun

cancrum oris (uncountable)

  1. noma, a gangrenous disease of the face

cancrum oris meaning in Tamil

cancrum oris in Tamil

வாயழுகல்

Origin of cancrum oris

From Latin cancrum ōris, from cancrum (“canker”) and ōris (“of the mouth, face”), genitive singular of ōs (“mouth, face”). The Latin phrase itself is first attested in a source that gives it as a translation of an English common name "mouth canker" or "canker of the mouth".

Questions about cancrum oris

What does cancrum oris mean?
Cancrum oris means noma, a gangrenous disease of the face.
What is cancrum oris in Tamil?
Cancrum oris in Tamil is வாயழுகல். See Cancrum oris meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cancrum oris?
Cancrum oris is a noun.

Words near cancrum oris in the dictionary

  1. cancrivorous
  2. cancrizans
  3. cancroid
  4. cancroids
  5. cancroine
  6. cancrum oris
  7. Cancun
  8. Cancún
  9. Cancún Cruz
  10. cand
  11. Canda Ibaba

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cancrum oris (page history and authors); cancrum oris (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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