Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ulcerous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ulcerous \Ul"cer*ous\, a. [L. ulcerous: cf. F. ulc['e]reux.]
1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging
purulent or other matter. --R. Browning.
2. Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
--Shak.
-- {Ul"cer*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ul"cer*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ulcerous
adj : having an ulcer or canker [syn: {cankerous}, {ulcerated}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.