Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ulceration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ulceration \Ul`cer*a"tion\, n. [L. ulceratio: cf. F.
ulc['e]ration.] (Med.)
The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the
state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ulceration
n : a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on
the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in
necrosis of tissue [syn: {ulcer}]
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