ulcer
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈʌlsə//
- United States//ˈʌlsɚ//
An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
noun
- 1
An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
- 2
Peptic ulcer.
"Worry never solved any problems. Only gives you ulcers."
- 3
figurativeAnything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
Etymology
From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
verb
- 1
To ulcerate.
Forms
- plural
- ulcers
- past tense
- ulcered
- past participle
- ulcered
- present participle
- ulcering
- third person singular
- ulcers
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