ulcer

About 4.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
2. noun Peptic ulcer.
3. noun Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
4. verb To ulcerate.

Similar words

ulceration dyspepsia wound gash attack canker abscess boil sore lesion

Often followed by

disease is of and in or with may patients

Word family

ulcered ulcering ulcers