ulcer
/ˈʌlsə/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- Peptic ulcer.
- Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
- To ulcerate.
Etymology / origin
From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
- ulcus(Latin)→
- ulcere(Old French)→
- ulcer (English)
- Relations: uder, uder
Related words
Descendant words
- ulcero(Esperanto) (bor)
- अर्शस्(Sanskrit) (cog)
- ulser(Tagalog) (bor)
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