# cancrum oris

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. noma, a gangrenous disease of the face

## Etymology
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".

## Source
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