ulcus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ulcus (“sore”). Doublet of ulcer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʌlkəs/, /ˈʌlkʊs/ === Noun === ulcus (plural ulcera) (palynology) A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain. (pathology) Synonym of ulcer. ==== Derived terms ==== ulcerate ulculus ulcus molle == Latin == === Etymology === From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”), from the root *h₁elḱ-; compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), English ill. Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊɫ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈul.kus] === Noun === ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension sore, ulcer, wound ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== ulcerō exulcerō ulcerōsus ulcus crūris (New Latin) ulcusculum ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== vulnus === References === “ulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ulcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ulcus or French ulcus. === Noun === ulcus n (plural ulcuse) sore, ulcer, wound ==== Declension ====