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Ulceration

noun

A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue. Synonym: ulcer.

The process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated.

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"Ulceration" Quotes from Famous Books

... James Smith. One more was soon to be added to the number. It was the man whose name had been given to the company; the only one who died of a lingering, painful disease. The injury of George Donner's hand had grown into a feverish, virulent ulceration, which must have partaken of the nature of erysipelas. At all events, mortification had set in, and when the third relief party arrived it had reached his shoulder. In a few hours ...

— History of the Donner Party • C.F. McGlashan

... ulcer, ulceration, imposthume, pustule, boil, abscess, canker, fester, blain, gathering; (venereal sore) chancre, chancroid. Associated Words: antiseptic, slough, proud flesh, poultice, salve, ...

— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... therefore, must be to secure the normal adjustment of the bones and ligaments that form the skeleton. They claim that a dislocation is not always necessarily the result of external violence; it may be caused by the ulceration of bones, the elongation of ligaments, or excessive ...

— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens

Words linked to "Ulceration" : peptic ulcer, canker sore, pressure sore, noli-me-tangere, lesion, organic process, decubitus ulcer, ulcerate, noma, biological process, aphthous ulcer, bedsore, canker, chancroid