Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Development of an ulcer.
  • noun An ulcer or an ulcerous condition.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The formation of an ulcer.
  • noun The result of such formation; an ulcer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The development of an ulcer
  • noun An ulcerous condition

from 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

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Examples

  • -- 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.

    Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877

  • The form of ulceration which is presented by cancer in its latest stages bears so great a resemblance to suppurative ulceration that the two things have long since been compared.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

  • What remorse and useless regrets add to the misery of their wretched existence as they daily watch the progress of a malignant ulceration which is destroying their organs of speech, or burrowing deep into the recesses of the skull, penetrating even to the brain itself!

    Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897

  • What remorse and useless regrets add to the misery of their wretched existence as they daily watch the progress of a malignant ulceration which is destroying their organs of speech, or burrowing deep into the recesses of the skull, penetrating even to the brain itself!

    Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877

  • The distinction between the two varieties of cool and warm, however, may easily be determined by remembering the fact that in most cases the first, or cool, is due to a simple exostosis, while the second is generally connected with disease of the articulation, such as ulceration of the articular surface -- a condition which, as we proceed further, will receive our attention when we reach the subject of stringhalt.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • "Many people are also worried about possible complications such as ulceration and thrombosis.

    unknown title 2009

  • When someone takes too much iron, the first effect is irritation and ulceration of the stomach lining.

    Karen Brody: Are You There, Sleep? It's Me, A Mom On The Edge Karen Brody 2011

  • When someone takes too much iron, the first effect is irritation and ulceration of the stomach lining.

    Karen Brody: Are You There, Sleep? It's Me, A Mom On The Edge Karen Brody 2011

  • Studies show that Andrographis protects the liver from toxins and protects the stomach from ulceration by several different mechanisms.

    Dr. Richard Palmquist: Science Rediscovers the Forgotten Herb Andrographis Dr. Richard Palmquist 2012

  • However, potential complications include: bleeding infection skin blistering, scarring or ulceration nerve damage injury to surrounding structures (skin, nerves or organs) allergic reaction to X-ray dye or sclerosant blood in the urine

    Sclerotherapy 2010

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