ulcus
noun/ˈʌlkəs/ · /ˈʌlkʊs/
Etymology From Latin ulcus (“sore”). Doublet of ulcer.
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Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Palynology, Physical sciences A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain.
- He also likes the vapor-cauterization of Wesseli (100° C.), which does not produce an action at a distance. It also helps for deep scrophulous ulcera.1916, Ophthalmology: Essays, Abstracts and Reviews, volume 12, page 150:
- By the observations and experiments of numbers of clinicians and investigators it has become certain now that the central brain, particularly the hypothalamus, is of great importance for the origin of erosions and ulcera of the stomach.1954, Jules Samuels, Endogenous Endocrinotherapy, Including the Causal Cure of Cancer: Compendium, Amsterdam: N.V. Cycloscoop, page 316:
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- V. E., ♀.born 1920 (File Nr. 27, 26 October to 8 January 1954). Gastrectomy in March 1953 because of multiple ulcera of the stomach.1957, Experimental Medicine and Surgery, New York: Brooklyn Medical Press, page 163:
- More than 80% of all ulcera of the stomach in humans can be found along the lesser curvature (Haftner, 1965; Kommerell & Reiferscheid, 1979) and HCI and pepsin are supposed to be related to the aetiology of the ulcera.1988, Peter Langer, The Mammalian Herbivore Stomach: Comparative Anatomy, Function, and Evolution, Gustav Fischer Verlag, →ISBN, page 408:
- Derived terms
- ulcerate, ulculus, ulcus molle