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Ulcerate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause an ulcer to develop. transitive

    "The surface was ulcerated by trauma."

  2. 2
    affect with an ulcer wordnet
  3. 3
    To become ulcerous. intransitive

    "The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure."

  4. 4
    undergo ulceration wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin ulcerātus.

Etymology 2

From Latin ulcerō.

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