ulcer

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}]
    

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.
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   2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open
      sore; a vice in character.
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   {Cold ulcer} (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to
      deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the
      extremities are cold.
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Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t.
   To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller.
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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