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Original entry ↗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. · Peptic ulcer. · Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo ulcerate.
From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
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