'Ulcer' definitions:
Definition of 'ulcer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue [syn: ulcer, ulceration]
Definition of 'Ulcer'
From: GCIDE
- Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t. To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ulcer'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. [1913 Webster]
- Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ulcer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdominal hernia,
- abscess,
- aposteme,
- bane,
- bed sore,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blight,
- blister,
- boil,
- bubo,
- bulla,
- bunion,
- cancer,
- canker,
- canker sore,
- carbuncle,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- chilblain,
- cold sore,
- colitis,
- curse,
- disease,
- diverticulitis,
- diverticulosis,
- duodenal ulcer,
- duodenitis,
- eruption,
- eschar,
- esophagal ulcer,
- esophagitis,
- felon,
- fester,
- festering,
- fever blister,
- fistula,
- furuncle,
- furunculus,
- gastritis,
- gathering,
- gumboil,
- hemorrhoids,
- hiatal hernia,
- inflammation,
- kibe,
- lesion,
- megacolon,
- papula,
- papule,
- paronychia,
- parulis,
- peptic ulcer,
- peritonitis,
- pestilence,
- petechia,
- piles,
- pimple,
- plague,
- pock,
- poison,
- polyp,
- pustule,
- rising,
- scab,
- scourge,
- soft chancre,
- sore,
- stigma,
- stomach ulcer,
- sty,
- suppuration,
- swelling,
- tubercle,
- ulceration,
- wale,
- welt,
- wheal,
- whelk,
- whitlow,
- wound