Define the word Ulcer"Ulcer" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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, and originating generally in a constitutional
disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from
an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the
depth of the tissues.
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2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open
sore; a vice in character.
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Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to
deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the
extremities are cold.
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"Ulcer" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t.
To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller.
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"ulcer" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
ulcer
n : a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on
the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in
necrosis of tissue [syn: ulceration]
"ulcer" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "ulcer":
abdominal hernia, abscess, aposteme, bane, bed sore, blain, bleb,
blight, blister, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, cancer, canker,
canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, cold sore,
colitis, curse, disease, diverticulitis, diverticulosis,
duodenal ulcer, duodenitis, eruption, eschar, esophagal ulcer,
esophagitis, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula,
furuncle, furunculus, gastritis, gathering, gumboil, hemorrhoids,
hiatal hernia, inflammation, kibe, lesion, megacolon, papula,
papule, paronychia, parulis, peptic ulcer, peritonitis, pestilence,
petechia, piles, pimple, plague, pock, poison, polyp, pustule,
rising, scab, scourge, soft chancre, sore, stigma, stomach ulcer,
sty, suppuration, swelling, tubercle, ulceration, wale, welt,
wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound
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