Ulcer

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Derived terms

 * ulcerate
 * ulceration
 * ulcerative
 * ulcerous
 * ulcerously
 * ulcerousness

Verbs for Ulcer
afflict with—s; cauterize—; detect—; expose —; poultice—; probe—; remedy—; salve—; suffer from—; —blemishes; —blights; — cankers; —cicatrizes; —deteriorates; —devours; —disfigures; —erodes; —festers; — nfiltrates; —inflames; —rankles; —rav¬ages; —scars; —scathes; —spreads; — taints.

Thesaurus
abdominal hernia, abscess, aposteme, bane, bed sore, blain, bleb, blight, blister, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, cancer, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, cold sore, colitis, curse, disease, diverticulitis, diverticulosis, duodenal ulcer, duodenitis, eruption, eschar, esophagal ulcer, esophagitis, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, furuncle, furunculus, gastritis, gathering, gumboil, hemorrhoids, hiatal hernia, inflammation, kibe, lesion, megacolon, papula, papule, paronychia, parulis, peptic ulcer, peritonitis, pestilence, petechia, piles, pimple, plague, pock, poison, polyp, pustule, rising, scab, scourge, soft chancre, sore, stigma, stomach ulcer, sty, suppuration, swelling, tubercle, ulceration, wale, welt, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound

Etymology
ulcus:.

Translations

 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 溃疡
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ulcero
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: (かいよう)
 * Korean: (潰瘍, goeyang)


 * Latin: vomica, ulcus
 * Polish: wrzód
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:, гризлица
 * Roman:, grizlica
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:

Anagrams

 * cruel
 * lucre

Noun

 * 1) ulcer

Etymology
ulcère: < ulcus:.