Definition of ulcers Ulcers
/ʌˈlsɚz/ - [ulserz] -
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What does ulcers mean?
Wiktionary 
- ulcers (Noun)
Plural of ulcer.
Part of speech
🔤- ulcers, noun, plural of ulcer.
WordNet
NounPlural: ulcers |
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| ulcer - a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue | ||
| ulceration | ||
| lesion any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part | ||
| aphthous ulcer a blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth or gastrointestinal tract | ||
| bedsore, decubitus ulcer, pressure sore a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients) | ||
| chancroid infectious venereal ulcer | ||
| peptic ulcer, peptic ulceration an ulcer of the mucous membrane lining of the alimentary tract | ||
| canker sore, canker an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) | ||
| noli-me-tangere a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone | ||
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Wiktionary
- ulcer (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. - ulcer (Noun)
peptic ulcer .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ulcer (n.)
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. - ulcer (n.)
Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. - ulcer (v. t.)
To ulcerate.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ulcer
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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 process in which the materials of inflamed tissues, 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′cerousness. [Fr. ulcère—L. ulcus, ulcĕris; Gr. helkos, a wound.]
Wikipedia 
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An ulcer is a kind of open wound. Ulcers can be on surfaces of the body. They can be on skin. They can be mucous membranes like the surface of the stomach or inside the mouth.
Ulcers start when the top layer (surface) of skin or mucous membrane is hurt. This top layer dies. When it dies, the skin or mucous membrane and opens. This leaves an open sore called an ulcer.
Ulcers can be from infection with germs. Ulcers can be from pressure on a part of the skin. Ulcers can be from substances that will burn skin or mucous membranes. When acid makes some stomach ulcers this is from burning by the acid. Ulcers can be from cancer. Ulcers can be from diseases of blood vessels. If not enough blood goes to a body part, it can get an ulcer.
Part of speech
🔤- ulcer, noun, singular of ulcers.
