ulceration has definitions from the fields of medicine,pathology,biology
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[ noun ] (medicine,pathology) a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

Synonyms

ulcer

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

A section of the colon revealed intense hyperemia and extensive focal ulcerations of the mucosa , associated with much fibrin and many neutrophils .

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[ noun ] (biology) the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated

Related terms

organic_process ulcerate

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