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As a noun, ulcer means 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.

Meanings of ulcer

4 meanings

noun

  1. pathologyAn 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. pathologyPeptic ulcer.

  3. figurativeAnything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

  4. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

    Similar: ulceration

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noun: a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion…
ulceration

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