ulcer

== English == === Etymology === From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌlsə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌlsɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌlsə(ɹ) === Noun === ulcer (plural ulcers) (pathology) 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. (pathology) Peptic ulcer. (figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ulcerously ulcerousness ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ulcer (third-person singular simple present ulcers, present participle ulcering, simple past and past participle ulcered) To ulcerate. === Anagrams === cruel, lucre == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ulcère, from Latin ulcus. === Noun === ulcer n (plural ulcere) ulcer ==== Declension ====