1.
[syn: ulcer, ulceration]
2. the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ulceration \Ul`cer*a"tion\, n. [L. ulceratio: cf. F.
ulc['e]ration.] (Med.)
The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the
state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ulceration
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]
2: the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming
ulcerated