ulcer
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
Inflected forms:
form: ulcers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ulcers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ulcering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ulcered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ulcered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: Peptic ulcer.
pos: noun
examples: "Worry never solved any problems. Only gives you ulcers."
gloss: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: To ulcerate.
pos: verb
Related words: ulcerously
ulcerousness
Derived words: Aden ulcer
aphthous ulcer
Buruli ulcer
cold ulcer
Cushing ulcer
decubitus ulcer
duodenal ulcer
esophageal ulcer
gastric ulcer
mouth ulcer
peptic ulcer
pressure ulcer
stomach ulcer
tropical ulcer
ulcerate
ulceration
ulcerative
ulcerous
Vincent's ulcer
weak ulcer
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: ulcerë
lang: Arabic
word: قَرْحَة
roman: qarḥa
lang: Arabic
word: قُرْحَة
roman: qurḥa
lang: Armenian
word: խոց
roman: xocʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xora
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yara
lang: Basque
word: ultzera
lang: Belarusian
word: я́зва
roman: jázva
lang: Belarusian
word: ве́рад
roman: vjérad
lang: Bengali
word: জখম
roman: zôkhôm
lang: Bulgarian
word: я́зва
roman: jázva
lang: Catalan
word: úlcera
lang: Catalan
word: nafra
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 潰瘍 /溃疡
roman: kuìyáng
lang: Czech
word: vřed
lang: Danish
word: byld
lang: Dutch
word: zweer
lang: Esperanto
word: ulcero
lang: Estonian
word: haavand
lang: Finnish
word: haava
lang: Finnish
word: haavauma
lang: Finnish
word: haavautuma
lang: French
word: ulcère
lang: Galician
word: úlcera
lang: Galician
word: úcera
lang: Galician
word: chaga
lang: Georgian
word: წყლული
roman: c̣q̇luli
lang: Georgian
word: იარა
roman: iara
lang: German
word: Geschwür
lang: German
word: Ulcus
lang: Greek
word: έλκος
roman: élkos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἕλκος
roman: hélkos
lang: Hebrew
word: כִּיב
roman: kiv
lang: Hebrew
word: אולקוס
roman: 'úlkus
lang: Hindi
word: फोड़ा
roman: phoṛā
lang: Hindi
word: व्रण
roman: vraṇ
lang: Hindi
word: फुड़िया
roman: phuṛiyā
lang: Hungarian
word: fekély
lang: Indonesian
word: borok
lang: Indonesian
word: sariawan
lang: Indonesian
word: tukak
lang: Indonesian
word: ulkus
lang: Irish
word: othras
lang: Italian
word: ulcera
lang: Japanese
word: 潰瘍
roman: kaiyō
lang: Kazakh
word: жара
roman: jara
lang: Khmer
word: ដំបៅ
roman: dɑmbaw
lang: Khmer
word: វណ
roman: vĕəʼnaʼ
lang: Khmer
word: ម្រេញ
roman: mrɨñ
lang: Korean
word: 궤양
roman: gweyang
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жара
roman: jara
lang: Lao
word: ແຜບວມ
roman: phǣ būam
lang: Latin
word: vomica
lang: Latin
word: ulcus
lang: Latvian
word: čūla
lang: Lithuanian
word: opa
lang: Macedonian
word: чир
roman: čir
lang: Malay
word: ulser
lang: Māori
word: kōmaoa
lang: Māori
word: katitohe
lang: Māori
word: ipuipu
lang: Māori
word: keha
lang: Māori
word: maiao
lang: Mongolian
word: шарх
roman: šarx
lang: Nepali
word: अल्सर
roman: alsar
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: byll
lang: Persian
word: ریش
roman: riš
lang: Persian
word: زخم
roman: zaxm
lang: Persian
word: گزیدگی
roman: gazidegi
lang: Persian
word: دمل
roman: domal
lang: Polish
word: wrzód
lang: Portuguese
word: úlcera
lang: Romanian
word: ulcer
lang: Russian
word: я́зва
roman: jázva
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: neasgaid
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чи̏р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: гри̏злица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čȉr
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: grȉzlica
lang: Slovak
word: vred
lang: Slovene
word: čir
lang: Slovene
word: razjeda
lang: Spanish
word: llaga
lang: Spanish
word: úlcera
lang: Swahili
word: kidonda
lang: Swedish
word: böld
lang: Tagalog
word: ulsera
lang: Tagalog
word: ulser
lang: Tajik
word: захм
roman: zaxm
lang: Tajik
word: реш
roman: reš
lang: Tajik
word: яра
roman: yara
lang: Tajik
word: ҷароҳат
roman: jarohat
lang: Telugu
word: పుండు
roman: puṇḍu
lang: Thai
word: แผลเปื่อย
roman: plɛ̌ɛ-bpʉ̀ai
lang: Turkish
word: ülser
lang: Turkmen
word: ýara
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́разка
roman: výrazka
lang: Ukrainian
word: ура́зка
roman: urázka
lang: Ukrainian
word: ве́ред
roman: véred
lang: Uzbek
word: yara
lang: Uzbek
word: jarohat
lang: Vietnamese
word: loét
lang: Volapük
word: luuk
lang: Volapük
word: kanseraluuk (cancerous)
lang: Volapük
word: stomägaluuk
lang: Yiddish
word: געשוויר
roman: geshvir
lang: Yoruba
word: ojuju
lang: Yoruba
word: ooju