ulcer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

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

Suffers from a duodenal ulcer. — The best British short stories of 1922, Unknown
=llaga=, f., ulcer, sore, wound. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
Fevers and ulcers were rife. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

ulceration

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