ulcer
An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion…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.
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3 sensesAn 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.
Peptic ulcer.
(figuratively)Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
Geschwür, Ulcus
я́зваjázva
ви́разкаvýrazka, ура́зкаurázka, ве́редvéred
- a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
Examples
27 sentencesIs your ulcer acting up again?
I have an ulcer.
ruУ меня язва. — marafon
How's your ulcer, Tom?
ruКак твоя язва, Том? — sharptoothed
deWie geht es deinem Geschwür, Tom? — wannieh
An ulcer forms in the stomach.
I got a mouth ulcer again.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
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Forms
plural: ulcersSynonyms
1 synonyms- a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue:ulceration
Word family
26 related wordsSee also
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