English Explanatory Dictionary

ulcer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
  2. Peptic ulcer.
  3. Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
verb
  1. To ulcerate.

Pronunciation

/ˈʌlsə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ulcer.wav /ˈʌlsɚ/

Word forms

ulcer ulcers ulcering ulcered

Etymology

From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.

Related words

ulcerously ulcerousness

Derived words

Aden ulcer aphthous ulcer Buruli ulcer cold ulcer Cushing ulcer decubitus ulcer duodenal ulcer esophageal ulcer gastric ulcer mouth ulcer peptic ulcer pressure ulcer stomach ulcer tropical ulcer ulcerate ulceration ulcerative ulcerous Vincent's ulcer weak ulcer

Translations

Albanian: ulcerë Arabic: قَرْحَة Arabic: قُرْحَة Armenian: խոց Azerbaijani: xora Azerbaijani: yara Basque: ultzera Belarusian: я́зва Belarusian: ве́рад Bengali: জখম Bulgarian: я́зва Catalan: úlcera Catalan: nafra Chinese Mandarin: 潰瘍 /溃疡 Czech: vřed Danish: byld Dutch: zweer Esperanto: ulcero Estonian: haavand Finnish: haava Finnish: haavauma Finnish: haavautuma French: ulcère Galician: úlcera Galician: úcera Galician: chaga Georgian: წყლული Georgian: იარა German: Geschwür German: Ulcus Greek: έλκος Ancient Greek: ἕλκος Hebrew: כִּיב Hebrew: אולקוס Hindi: फोड़ा Hindi: व्रण Hindi: फुड़िया Hungarian: fekély Indonesian: borok Indonesian: sariawan Indonesian: tukak Indonesian: ulkus Irish: othras Italian: ulcera Japanese: 潰瘍 Kazakh: жара Khmer: ដំបៅ Khmer: វណ Khmer: ម្រេញ Korean: 궤양 Kyrgyz: жара Lao: ແຜບວມ Latin: vomica Latin: ulcus Latvian: čūla Lithuanian: opa Macedonian: чир Malay: ulser Māori: kōmaoa Māori: katitohe Māori: ipuipu Māori: keha Māori: maiao
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