Ulcer

ul′sėr, n. a dangerous sore, discharging matter: ( fig. ) a sore, a strain.— v.i. Ul′cerate , to be formed into an ulcer.—v.t to affect with an ulcer or ulcers.— n. Ulcerā′tion , that part or effect of an inflammatory proce in which the materials of inflamed ti ues, liquefied or degenerate, are cast off, in solution or very minute particles, from free surfaces, or, more rarely, are absorbed from the substance of the body: an ulcer.— adjs. Ul′cered , affected with an ulcer; Ul′cerous , of the nature of an ulcer: affected with an ulcer.— adv. Ul′cerously , in an ulcerous manner.— n. Ul′cerous ne . [Fr. ulcère —L. ulcus , ulcĕris ; Gr. helkos , a wound.]