ulceration
Britishnoun
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the development or formation of an ulcer
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an ulcer or an ulcerous condition
Example Sentences
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Jurors heard her death was a result of "inflammation and infection in extensive areas of ulceration arising from obesity and its complications, and immobility in a girl with spina bifida and hydrocephalus".
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023
The dog had lesions on its skin and mucous membranes, pustules on its abdomen and a thin anal ulceration.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022
A four-year-old Italian Greyhound tested positive for the virus in June after developing lesions, which included abdomen pustules and a thin anal ulceration, the British medical journal The Lancet reported.
From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2022
“The precise cause of death is usually ulceration of the gut track,” Dr. Dickman said.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2019
It was different from the larger feelings that still racked his body: the searing agony in his arms and hands, the almost unendurable ulceration of his parched mouth, the feverish pounding of his head.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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