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Another word for ulcer

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Noun
      1. Such a passage that has been created intentionally, especially a surgically constructed connection between an artery and a vein that is used for vascular access in hemodialysis.
      2. (Rare) A pipe or tube
      3. An abnormal duct or passage resulting from injury, disease, or a congenital disorder that connects an abscess, cavity, or hollow organ to the body surface or to another hollow organ.
      1. A localized infection, as in the gallbladder, teeth, or tonsils, which may spread to other parts of the body through the blood
      1. A swollen, inflamed area in bodily tissues, in which pus gathers
      2. A localized collection of pus in part of the body, formed by tissue disintegration and surrounded by an inflamed area.
      1. A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a staphylococcal infection.
      2. An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid:
      3. The condition or act of boiling.
      1. A condition in horses similar to but more advanced than thrush.
      2. An inflammation or infection of the ear and auditory canal, especially in dogs and cats.
      3. A disease of plants that causes local decay of bark and wood
      1. Any of various pathological or traumatic changes in a bodily organ or tissue, including tumors, ulcers, sores, and wounds.
      2. An injury; hurt; damage
      3. An injury or other change in an organ or tissue of the body tending to result in impairment or loss of function
      1. (Pathology) An ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract.
    See also:

    sore

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Sentence Examples

  • Chronic gastric ulcer is not unfrequently the starting point of cancer.

  • Wright, "Protozoa in a case of tropical ulcer (Delhi sore), " Journ.

  • For the diseases of the stomach in general see Digestive Organs; and for special forms Gastritis, Gastric Ulcer, Dyspepsia, &C.; also Abdomen (Abdominal Surgery).

  • The manner of his death was characteristic. A dangerous ulcer had compelled him to fast for a time.

  • The climate is cold, dry and healthy, despite the prevalence of the famous "Aleppo button," a swelling which appears either on the face or on the hands, and breaks into an ulcer which lasts a year and leaves a permanent scar.

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