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ulcer |
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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