ulcer

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rejoined Junipero, "consider that I am an animal, and that this ulcer is a harness-wound... and prepare for me the same medicament as you would make for a beast."

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  1. noun A lesion of the skin or a mucous membrane such as the one lining the stomach or duodenum that is accompanied by formation of pus and necrosis of surrounding tissue, usually resulting from inflammation or ischemia.
  2. noun A corrupting condition or influence.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus, ulcer-.

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  1. = French ulcère = Spanish Portuguese ulcera = Italian ulcera, ulcere, ulcero, from Latin ulcus (ulcer-), also hulcus (hulcer-), a sore, ulcer, = Greek έλκος, a wound, sore, ulcer.
  2. from Old French ulcerer, French ulcérer = Spanish Portuguese ulcerar = Italian ulcerare, from Latin ulcerare, make sore, from ulcus (ulcer-), a sore, ulcer; see ulcer, n.
 

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