ulcer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ulcer	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ulcer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ulcer n a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue Synonym(s): ulcer, ulceration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Weak conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of weak verbs; -- called also {new, [or] regular, conjugation}, and distinguished from the old, or irregular, conjugation. {Weak declension} (Anglo-Saxon Gram.), the declension of weak nouns; also, one of the declensions of adjectives. {Weak side}, the side or aspect of a person's character or disposition by which he is most easily affected or influenced; weakness; infirmity. {Weak sore} [or] {ulcer} (Med.), a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ulcer \Ul"cer\, n. [F. ulc[8a]re, L. ulcus, gen. ulceris, akin to Gr. [?].] 1. (Med.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues. 2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. {Cold ulcer} (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t. To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller.