Ulcerate
['ʌlsəreɪt] or ['ʌlsəret]
Definition
(verb.) affect with an ulcer; 'Her stomach was ulcerated'.
(verb.) undergo ulceration; 'Her stomach ulcerated'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
(v. t.) To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers.
Typist: Ted
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Fester, suppurate, turn to an ulcer.
Typed by Dave
Examples
- I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She wanted me to nurse my cold by staying at home to-day, and yet will not promise to avoid the danger of catching an ulcerated sore throat herself. Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Rudolf