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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ulcer/ˈʌlsə(r)/

▶noun an open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane which fails to heal.

– derivatives
ulcered adjective,
ulcerous adjective.

– origin ME: from L. ulcus, ulcer-.

'ulcer' also found in these Oxford entries:

aphthous - basal cell carcinoma - cancer - canker - chancre - enanthema - indolent - peptic ulcer - rodent ulcer - sycosis - ulcerate

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