 The current most widely used medical term is " recurrent aphthous stomatitis " or simply " aphthous stomatitis " . Historically , many different terms have been used to refer to recurrent aphthous stomatitis or its sub @-@ types , and some are still in use . Mikulicz ' aphthae is a synonym of minor RAS , named after Jan Mikulicz @-@ Radecki . Synonyms for major RAS include Sutton 's ulcers ( named after Richard Lightburn Sutton ) , Sutton 's disease , Sutton 's syndrome and pariadenitis mucosa necrotica recurrens . Synonyms for aphthous stomatitis as a whole include ( recurrent ) oral aphthae , ( recurrent ) aphthous ulceration and ( oral ) aphthosis . 
