What is another word for ulcer?

Pronunciation: [ˈʌlsə] (IPA)

An ulcer is an open sore on the skin or mucous membrane that doesn't heal. There are synonyms for this word that describe the different types of ulcers. A canker sore, cold sore, or fever blister is a type of ulcer that appears inside the mouth or on the lips. A decubitus ulcer is a skin ulcer caused by prolonged pressure on a bony area of the body, usually seen in bedridden patients. A peptic ulcer is a sore on the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine. A venous stasis ulcer is a sore that forms on the lower leg due to poor blood circulation. Knowing the different types of ulcers helps to understand them better and aids in proper treatment.

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Usage examples for Ulcer

Arising out of the partitions of that unhappy land by Russia, Austria, and Prussia, it had distracted the repose of Europe scarcely less than the French Revolution; and now the heir to the Revolution, after hewing his way through the weak monarchies of Central Europe, was about to probe this ulcer of Christendom.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Boerhaave was born a doctor, as Homer was born a poet; otherwise he would have succumbed at the age of fourteen to a malignant ulcer which had resisted all the best treatment of the day.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
He was a man of sixty, hideously ugly, his enormous nose half destroyed by an ulcer hidden by a large black silk plaster, his mouth of huge dimensions, his lips thick, with small green eyes and eyebrows which had partly turned white.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Famous quotes with Ulcer

  • Nobody should smoke cigarettes - and smoking with an ulcer is like pouring gasoline on a burning house.
    Sara Murray Jordan
  • I have an ulcer. It has an IQ of 185.
    Paul Lynde
  • I'm going to do my best to do both and die of an ulcer at age 30.
    Shane West
  • Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
    Socrates
  • Oscar was not into serious street-fighting, but he was hell on wheels in a bar brawl. Any combination of a 250 lb Mexican and LSD-25 is a potentially terminal menace for anything it can reach – but when the alleged Mexican is in fact a profoundly angry Chicano lawyer with no fear at all of anything that walks on less than three legs and a de facto suicidal conviction that he will die at the age of 33 – just like Jesus Christ – you have a serious piece of work on your hands. Especially if the bastard is already 33½ years old with a head full of Sandoz acid, a loaded .357 Magnum in his belt, a hatchet-wielding Chicano bodyguard on his elbow at all times, and a disconcerting habit of projectile vomiting geysers of pure blood off the front porch every 30 or 40 minutes, or whenever his malignant ulcer can't handle any more raw tequila.
    Oscar Zeta Acosta

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Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms:

blood in stool

rectal bleeding

frequent bowel movements

severe abdominal cramps

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