Path. [L. stomacacē (Pliny), a. Gr. στομακάκη (Strabo), in the MSS. στομακάκκη, prob. f. στόμα month + κάκκη dung.
The second element is usually explained as κάκη vice; but this word occurs only in a moral sense.]
An ulcerous or scorbutic affection of the mouth; scurvy of the gums; ulcerative stomatitis.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 360. Britannica doth with a peculiar faculty respect stomacace [mispr. -cate] and sceletyrbe.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Stomacace…. Cancer Oris, Canker … Fœtor of the mouth with a bloody discharge from the gums.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 334. Ulcerative Stomatitis (Phlegmonous stomatitis,… Stomacace, Putrid sore mouth) is an affection of very varying severity.
