ulcer
verbEtymology From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
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To ulcerate.
ulcer
nounUK /ˈʌlsə/ · US /ˈʌlsɚ/
Etymology From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
- "Worry never solved any problems. Only gives you ulcers."1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 35:
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Figuratively Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
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Aden ulcer, antiulcer, aphthous ulcer, Buruli ulcer, cold ulcer, Cushing ulcer, decubitus ulcer, duodenal ulcer, esophageal ulcer, gastric ulcer, mouth ulcer, nonulcer, peptic ulcer, periulcer, pressure ulcer, stomach ulcer, tropical ulcer, ulcerable, ulcerate, ulceration, ulcerative, ulcerlike, ulcerogenesis, ulcerogenic, ulcerous, ulcery, Vincent's ulcer, weak ulcer- Related terms
- ulcerously, ulcerousness