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ulcerated

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sore  \Sore\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sorer};  superl.  {Sorest}.]  [OE.  sor, 
  sar,  AS  s[=a]r;  akin  to  D.  zeer,  OS  &  OHG.  s?r,  G.  sehr 
  very  Icel.  s[=a]rr,  Sw  s[*a]r,  Goth.  sair  pain.  Cf 
  {Sorry}.] 
  1.  Tender  to  the  touch;  susceptible  of  pain  from  pressure; 
  inflamed;  painful;  --  said  of  the  body  or  its  parts  as  a 
  sore  hand. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  Sensitive;  tender;  easily  pained,  grieved,  or  vexed; 
  very  susceptible  of  irritation. 
 
  Malice  and  hatred  are  very  fretting  and  vexatious, 
  and  apt  to  make  our  minds  sore  and  uneasy. 
  --Tillotson. 
 
  3.  Severe;  afflictive;  distressing;  as  a  sore  disease;  sore 
  evil  or  calamity.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Criminal;  wrong  evil.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  {Sore  throat}  (Med.),  inflammation  of  the  throat  and  tonsils; 
  pharyngitis.  See  {Cynanche}. 
 
  {Malignant},  {Ulcerated}  or  {Putrid},  {sore  throat}.  See 
  {Angina},  and  under  {Putrid}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ulcerate  \Ul"cer*ate\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ulcerated};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Ulcerating}.]  [L.  ulceratus  p.  p.  of  ulcerare,  fr 
  ulcus  ulcer.] 
  To  be  formed  into  an  ulcer;  to  become  ulcerous. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ulcerated  \Ul"cer*a`ted\,  a. 
  Affected  with  or  as  with  an  ulcer  or  ulcers;  as  an 
  ulcerated  sore  throat. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ulcerated 
  adj  :  having  an  ulcer  or  canker  [syn:  {cankerous},  {ulcerous}]




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