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ulcerationnounThe development of an ulcer.
buttonsnoun(colloquial) A remote control.
pimplesnoun(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
scabsnounAn incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
soresnounAn injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
ulcerationsnounThe development of an ulcer.
cankersnounAnything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
aphthaenounAn oral ulcer, disregarding the cause.
chancresnoun(pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
chancroidsnoun(pathology) A sexually transmitted infection, caused by bacteria of species Haemophilus ducreyi, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.
lesionsnoun(pathology) A wound or injury.
furunclesnoun(pathology) A boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
decubitinoun(medicine) Inflammation caused by a reclined position of the body, especially the complications of bed-ridden patients, such as bedsores.
bedsoresnoun(medicine, usually in the plural, dated) A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body, especially portions over bony or cartilaginous areas, such as frequently develops on a person confined to a bed by infirmity.
abscessesnoun(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.
boilsverb(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
blistersnounA small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
erosionsnoun(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
carbunclesnoun(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
escharsnoun(medicine) A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, and commonly but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn.

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