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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UL'CER, n. [L. ulcus; Gr.]
A sore; a solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, attend with a secretion of pus or some kind of discharge. Ulcers on the lungs are seldom healed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ulcer-, ulcus; akin to Greek helkos wound Date: 14th century 1. a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus 2. something that festers and corrupts like an open sore • ulcer verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, often forming pus. 2 a a moral blemish. b a corroding or corrupting influence etc. Derivatives: ulcered adj. ulcerous adj. Etymology: ME f. L ulcus -eris, rel. to Gk helkos

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Weak conjugation (Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also new, or regular, conjugation, and distinguished from the old, or irregular, conjugation. Weak declension (Anglo-Saxon Gram.), the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives. Weak side, the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity. Weak sore or ulcer (Med.), a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ulcer Ul"cer, v. t. To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ulcers) An ulcer is a sore area on the outside or inside of your body which is very painful and may bleed or produce an unpleasant poisonous substance. ...stomach ulcers. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Sore (discharging pus), fester, imposthume, gathering, boil, pustule.

Moby 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