The eyes may remain open for such long periods of time that the conjunctiva and sclera may become quite dry and ulcerate.
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Ulcerate
Synonyms for "ulcerate" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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5 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
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2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- haavauttaa verb (to cause an ulcer)
- haavautua verb (to become ulcerous)
German
2 entries- ulzerieren verb (to cause an ulcer)
- vereitern verb (to become ulcerous)
Italian
1 entries- ulcerare verb (to cause an ulcer)
Korean
2 entries- 궤양화되다 verb (to become ulcerous)
- 궤양화시키다 verb (to cause an ulcer)
Polish
4 entries- owrzodzieć verb (to become ulcerous)
- powodować owrzodzenie verb (to cause an ulcer)
- spowodować owrzodzenie verb (to cause an ulcer)
- wrzodzieć verb (to become ulcerous)
Portuguese
1 entries- ulcerar verb (to cause an ulcer)
Spanish
2 entries- ulcerar verb (to cause an ulcer)
- ulcerarse verb (to become ulcerous)
Vietnamese
1 entries- loét verb (to become ulcerous)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The surface was ulcerated by trauma.
Source: wiktionary
The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.