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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue;
[syn: ulcer, ulceration]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ulcer \Ul"cer\, n. [F. ulc[`e]re, L. ulcus, gen. ulceris, akin to Gr. ?.] 1. (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. [1913 Webster] Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t. To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ulcer n 1: a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue [syn: ulcer, ulceration]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

81 Moby Thesaurus words for "ulcer": 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