4 definitions found
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 1.6 [wn]:
ulcer
n : an inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or
an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of
tissue [syn: {ulceration}]
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