Ulcer Synonyms

ŭlsər
A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abscess
  2. canker
  3. boil
  4. ulceration
  5. lesion
  6. sore
  7. peptic-ulcer
  8. focal infection
  9. fester
  10. fistula
  11. gathering
  12. open sore
  13. imposthume
  14. running sore
  15. pustule

Words Related to Ulcer

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. ulcers
  2. varicose-veins
  3. oedema
  4. cellulitis
  5. lymphoedema
  6. sinusitis
  7. edema
  8. non-healing
  9. gastritis
  10. gout
  11. xerostomia
  12. onychomycosis
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Ulcer Sentence Examples

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

  • 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.

  • It is useful in haemorrhage from a gastric ulcer or in haemorrhage from the intestine.

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