Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ulcer"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)



{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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ulcer
n : a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on
the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in
necrosis of tissue [syn: {ulceration}]


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