Ulcer

  • 41ulcer — n. Sore (discharging pus), fester, imposthume, gathering, boil, pustule …

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  • 42ulcer — noun (C) a sore area on your skin or inside your body that may bleed or produce poisonous substances: stomach ulcers ulcerous adjective …

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  • 43ulcer — noun something to soothe the ulcers in his mouth Syn: sore, ulceration, abscess, boil, carbuncle, blister, gumboil, cyst; Medicine aphtha, chancre, furuncle …

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  • 44ulcer — n 1. abscess, ulceration, Pathol. noma, fester, festering, gathering, gumboil, Pathol. parulis, tubercle, Obs. apostem, Obs. apostemation, Archaic. impostume; canker, lesion, chancre, chancroid, simple chancre, soft chancre; boil, blain, Pathol.… …

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  • 45ulcer — ul·cer …

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  • 46ulcer — /ˈʌlsə / (say ulsuh) noun 1. Pathology a sore open either to the surface of the body or to a natural cavity, and accompanied by the disintegration of tissue and the formation of pus, etc. 2. a corrupting influence or element. {Middle English,… …

  • 47ulcer — n. 1 an open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, often forming pus. 2 a a moral blemish. b a corroding or corrupting influence etc. Derivatives: ulcered adj. ulcerous adj. Etymology: ME f. L ulcus eris, rel. to Gk helkos …

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  • 48Cold ulcer — Ulcer Ul cer, n. [F. ulc[ e]re, L. ulcus, gen. ulceris, akin to Gr. ?.] 1. (Med.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 49peptic ulcer — ulcer caused by overly acidic digestive secretions …

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  • 50ulcer disease — a subacute to chronic systemic bacterial disease of salmonids caused by Hemophilus piscium …

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