Ulcer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t.
     To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ulcer
       n : a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on
           the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in
           necrosis of tissue [syn: {ulceration}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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