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cheilitis

cheilitis noun: inflammation of the lips.

Noun

cheilitis (usually uncountable, plural cheilitides)

  1. (usually) inflammation of the lips

cheilitis meaning in Tamil

cheilitis in Tamil

உதட்டழற்சி, உதட்டழல்

Forms of cheilitis

pluralcheilitides

Origin of cheilitis

From cheilo- + -itis.

Words formed from cheilitis

Questions about cheilitis

What does cheilitis mean?
Cheilitis means inflammation of the lips.
What is cheilitis in Tamil?
Cheilitis in Tamil is உதட்டழற்சி, உதட்டழல். See Cheilitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cheilitis?
Cheilitis is a noun.
What is the plural of cheilitis?
The plural of cheilitis is cheilitides.

Words near cheilitis in the dictionary

  1. cheilectomies
  2. cheilectomy
  3. cheilion
  4. cheilions
  5. cheilitides
  6. cheilitis
  7. cheilo-
  8. cheiloceratid
  9. cheiloceratids
  10. cheilocystidia
  11. cheilocystidial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheilitis (page history and authors); cheilitis (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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