ulcer
/ˈʌlsə/US/ˈʌlsɚ/
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.
Noun
ulcer (plural ulcers)
- 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.
- "Worry never solved any problems. Only gives you ulcers."1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 35
- Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
Verb
ulcer (third-person singular simple present ulcers, present participle ulcering, simple past and past participle ulcered)
- To ulcerate.
ulcer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ulcer in Hindi
- open sore
- फोड़ा phoṛā, व्रण vraṇ, फुड़िया phuṛiyā
ulcer in Tamil
- வாய்ப்புண், குடல்புண்
ulcer in Marathi
- व्रण, अल्सर
ulcer in Urdu
- ulcer
- چور cor, ریش rēš
More languagesFewer languages
- ulcer in Bengali
- জখম zôkhôm
- ulcer in Telugu
- పుండు puṇḍu
- ulcer in Malayalam
- പഴുപ്പ്, ദുർന്നടപ്പ്, വ്രണം
- ulcer in Kannada
- ಕುರು, ಪುಣ್, ಪುಣ್ಣು, ಪುಂಡು
- ulcer in Punjabi
- ਅਲਸਰ, ਅੱਲਸਰ
- ulcer in Gujarati
- અલ્સર
- ulcer in Odia
- ଅଲ୍ସର୍, ଅଲ୍ସର, ଆଲସର୍
- ulcer in Nepali
- अल्सर alsar
- ulcer in Tagalog
- ulsera, ulser
- ulcer in Arabic
- قُرْحَة qurḥa
- ulcer in Malay
- ulser
- ulcer in Indonesian
- borok, sariawan, tukak, ulkus
- ulcer in Persian
- ریش riš, زخم zaxm, گزیدگی gazidegi, دمل domal
- ulcer in Thai
- แผลเปื่อย plɛ̌ɛ-bpʉ̀ai
- ulcer in Vietnamese
- loét
Examples of ulcer in a sentence
- Rebleeding is not uncommon after endoscopic treatment for ulcers. Any rebleeding identified on follow-up requires evaluation.
- 'Is it all right to put some TCP on that ulcer?'
- The five most frequent clinical subtypes are: superficial, noduloulcerative (rodent ulcer), pigmented, cystic, morphoeic and metatypical (basosquamous).
Forms of ulcer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ulcers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ulcers |
| present participle | ulcering |
| past participle | ulcered |
| past | ulcered |
Origin of ulcer
From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
Words formed from ulcer
- Aden ulcer
- antiulcer
- aphthous ulcer
- Buruli ulcer
- cold ulcer
- Cushing ulcer
- decubitus ulcer
- duodenal ulcer
- esophageal ulcer
- gastric ulcer
- mouth ulcer
- nonulcer
- peptic ulcer
- periulcer
- pressure ulcer
- stomach ulcer
- tropical ulcer
- ulcerable
- ulcerate
- ulceration
- ulcerative
- ulcerlike
- ulcerogenesis
- ulcerogenic
- ulcerous
- ulcery
- Vincent's ulcer
- weak ulcer
Words that rhyme with ulcer
Questions about ulcer
- What does ulcer mean?
- Ulcer means 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.
- What is ulcer in Hindi?
- Ulcer in Hindi is फोड़ा (phoṛā), व्रण (vraṇ), फुड़िया (phuṛiyā). See Ulcer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ulcer?
- Ulcer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ulcer?
- Ulcer is pronounced /ˈʌlsə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ulcer?
- The plural of ulcer is ulcers.
Words near ulcer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ulcer (page history and authors); ulcer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ulcer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ریش (Urdu) (page history and authors); ulcer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ulcer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ulcer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulcer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulcer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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