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ulcerating

ulcerating is the present participle and gerund of ulcerate.

Meaning of ulcerate

Verb

ulcerate (third-person singular simple present ulcerates, present participle ulcerating, simple past and past participle ulcerated)

  1. (transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop.
    • The surface was ulcerated by trauma.
  2. (intransitive) To become ulcerous.
    • The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.

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Phrases with ulcerating

Questions about ulcerating

What is ulcerating the present participle and gerund of?
Ulcerating is the present participle and gerund of ulcerate.

Words near ulcerating in the dictionary

  1. ulcera
  2. ulcerable
  3. ulcerate
  4. ulcerated
  5. ulcerates
  6. ulcerating
  7. ulcerating granuloma of the pudendum
  8. ulcerating sclerosing granuloma
  9. ulceration
  10. ulcerations
  11. ulcerative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ulcerating (page history and authors); ulcerate (page history and authors). 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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