Definition of ulcer

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Ulcer (n.) Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

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Penicil :: Penicil (n.) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
Kibe :: Kibe (n.) A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain.
Ulcer :: Ulcer (v. t.) To ulcerate.
Thrush :: Thrush (n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae..
Ulcerated :: Ulcerated (imp. & p. p.) of Ulcerat.
Anaplerotic :: Anaplerotic (a.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
Ulcerous :: Ulcerous (a.) Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.
Scar :: Scar (n.) A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement..
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..
Probe :: Probe (n.) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc..
Linament :: Linament (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers..
Botch :: Botch (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
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..
Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part..
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..
Cacoethes :: Cacoethes (n.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
Ulcerated :: Ulcerated (a.) Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat..
Ulcerable :: Ulcerable (a.) Capable of ulcerating.
Sarcocolla :: Sarcocolla (n.) A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers..
Cicatrize :: Cicatrize (v. t.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh..
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