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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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Ulcerate :: Ulcerate (v. i.) To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.

Farcy :: Farcy (n.) A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen..

Ulcerous :: Ulcerous (a.) Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.

Slough :: Slough (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly..

Malignancy :: Malignancy (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever..

Chilblain :: Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration..

Penicil :: Penicil (n.) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.

Malign :: Malign (a.) Malignant; as, a malign ulcer..

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

Intemerament :: Intemerament (n.) A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part..

Ulcerous :: Ulcerous (a.) Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.

Exulceration :: Exulceration (n.) A fretting; a festering; soreness.

Ulcerable :: Ulcerable (a.) Capable of ulcerating.

Efflux :: Efflux (n.) The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety..

Ulcerated :: Ulcerated (a.) Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat..

Caries :: Caries (n.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses..

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..

Aphthous :: Aphthous (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever..

Ulcerate :: Ulcerate (v. t.) To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers..

Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged..