Ulceration

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  • noun. Development of an ulcer.
  • noun. An ulcer or an ulcerous condition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The formation of an ulcer.
  • noun. The result of such formation; an ulcer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The development of an ulcer
  • noun. An ulcerous condition
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
  • noun. the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated
  • Word Usage
    "-- The condition usually known as ulceration of the womb, is not what is commonly termed ulceration elsewhere, but would be more properly termed abrasion, or erosion."
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