Ulcer: alternatives and connections

A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.

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A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker…

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A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local p…

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Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.

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See Canker, n., 1.

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A hurt; an injury.

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To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.

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To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.

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Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.

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Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.

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The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.

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