Essential terminologies to clinically describe oral and dermal lesions: a review

Disorders which entail the oral cavity usually derive their names from either Greek or Latin. These terms are usually based on etiology or depiction of the lesion. The morphologically altered tissue gives us the objective signs of the disease. Clinicians should be well-known with the descriptive vocabulary needed to describe any lesion. The clinician by doing so can proficiently and evenly describe a lesion which could also help in listing them with respect to differential diagnosis.