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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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Fossette :: Fossette (n.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea..

Ulcer :: 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..

Anaplerotic :: Anaplerotic (a.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds 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..

Ulceration :: Ulceration (n.) The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer..

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

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..

Run :: Run (a.) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs..

Issue :: Issue (n.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part..

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

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

Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers..

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

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

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

Sanious :: Sanious (a.) Discharging sanies; as, a sanious ulcer..

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..

Botch :: Botch (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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

Aegilops :: Aegilops (n.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.