Definition for Ulcer:

• [ Latin] A loss of substance occurring upon a free surface, not due to recent injury, and causing progressive but piece-meal death and disintegration of the tissues. Healthy u., progressing satisfactorily to a cure; marked by smooth non-indurated edges, serous exudation, red, painless granulations which do not protrude above the skin, and by a pellicle of epidermis( cicatrix) spreading over the surface from the edges. An unhealthy u. is one which presents different characters from these; comprising the Inflamed u. marked by swollen, painful, and oedematous edges, swollen, painful granulations, and purulent secretion; Sloughing( or Phagedenic) u., an inflamed u. with irregular overhanging edges and sloughing masses in the discharge; Fungous( or Weak) u., with pale, flabby, exuberant granulations projecting above the level of the skin; Callous( Indolent or Chronic) u., with hardened, discolored edges, pale and scanty granulations, and fetid purulent discharge. U’s are further denoted according to their cause, as Tuberculous( or Scrofulous), Syphilitic, Varicose( due to venous engorgement resulting from varicose veins), etc. Cold u., an u. on the extremities due to defective nutrition, and associated with coldness of the surface. Cruveilhier’s u., Peptic u., ulcus ventriculi. Perforating u., ( 1) malum perforans pedis; ( 2) ulcus ventriculi. Rodent u., see Rodent. Round u., Solitary u., ulcus ventriculi. TREATMENT OF U’S: constitutional( in syphilitic and tuberculous u’s); protective and antiseptic dressings for healthy u’s, with skin-grafting or other plastic operations when the formation of a cicatrix is defective; stimulants for weak or fungous ulcers( silver nitrate, copper sulphate, black wash); caustics, erasion, or scraping for callous u’s; elastic compression with elevation of part for varicose u’s; poultices with elevation and rest for inflamed u’s; destruction by strong caustics in phagedenic u’s.

Synonyms for Ulcer:

• n.

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  •an internal or external sore (noun)
  • peptic ulcer,
  • carbuncle.
  •peptic ulcer (noun)
  • focal infection,
  • running sore,
  • abscess,
  • fistula,
  • open sore.
  •state (noun)
  • ulceration,
  • ulcer.

• v.

  •canker (verb)
  • sored,
  • de-base,
  • soring,
  • de-moralized,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de base,
  • de based,
  • de-moralizes,
  • de-moralize,
  • de basing,
  • de moralizes,
  • de moralized,
  • de moralize,
  • de-based,
  • de moralizing,
  • de-basing.
  •fester (verb)
  • de cay,
  • de cays,
  • de-cays,
  • de-cay.

• Other synonyms:

  •fester
  • ulcerated,
  • Ulcerating,
  • blistered,
  • ulcerate,
  • ulcerates.

Paraphrases for Ulcer:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ulceration.

Ulcer Sentence Examples:

• Another early opinion was that the disease was a spreading ulcer, gradually extending and changing the tissues which it invaded.

• The physician should heal the ulcer, and the child should be taught always to vaseline the nostril before cleansing it.

Hypernym for Ulcer:

• n.

  • state
    pressure sore, chancroid, noma, bedsore, decubitus ulcer, peptic ulceration, noli-me-tangere, Aphthous Ulcer, canker, canker sore, peptic ulcer.

Hyponym for Ulcer:

• n.

  • state
    lesion.