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Ulcer

/ʌlsə/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Ulcer"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Peptic ulcer

  3. 3

    Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

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