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Definition of ulcer

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Ulcer (n.) 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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Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. t.) To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound..

Crab-yaws :: Crab-yaws (n.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws..

Water Dressing :: Water dressing () The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer..

Ulcuscule :: Ulcuscule (n.) A little ulcer.

Cacoethes :: Cacoethes (n.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.

Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (a.) Very sore; ulcerated.

Ulcerated :: Ulcerated (imp. & p. p.) of Ulcerat.

Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) Ulceration.

Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.

Grease :: Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences..

Phagedena :: Phagedena (n.) Spreading, obstinate ulceration..

Onychia :: Onychia (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail..

Peyer''s Glands :: Peyer's glands () Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease..

Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..

Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To ulcerate.

Fistulous :: Fistulous (a.) Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer..

Ozena :: Ozena (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose..

Kibe :: Kibe (n.) A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain.

Sibbens :: Sibbens (n.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch..