ulcer

English

Etymology

From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌlsə/
Audio (RP) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ʌlsɚ/

Noun

ulcer (plural ulcers)

(pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
(pathology) Peptic ulcer.
(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Derived terms

duodenal ulcer
gastric ulcer
mouth ulcer
peptic ulcer
stomach ulcer
ulcerate
ulceration
ulcerative
ulcerous
Vincent's ulcer

Related terms

ulcerously
ulcerousness

Translations

open sore

Albanian: ulçerë f
Arabic: قَرْحَة‎ f (qarḥa), قُرْحَة‎ f (qurḥa)
Armenian: խոց (hy) (xocʿ)
Azerbaijani: xora, yara (az)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: я́зва f (jázva), ве́рад m (vjérad)
Bengali: জখম (bn) (zôkhôm)
Bulgarian: я́зва (bg) f (jázva)
Catalan: úlcera f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潰瘍／溃疡 (zh) (kuìyáng)
Czech: vřed (cs) m
Danish: byld c
Dutch: zweer (nl) f
Esperanto: ulcero
Estonian: haavand
Finnish: haava (fi), haavauma (fi), haavautuma
French: ulcère (fr) m
Galician: úlcera (gl) f, úcera f, chaga f
Georgian: წყლული (c̣q̇luli), იარა (iara)
German: Geschwür (de) n, Ulcus n
Greek: έλκος (el) n (élkos)
Ancient: ἕλκος n (hélkos)
Hebrew: כִּיב‎ (he) m (kiv), אולקוס‎ m ('úlkus)
Hindi: फोड़ा (hi) m (phoṛā), व्रण (hi) m (vraṇ), अल्सर (alsar)
Hungarian: fekély (hu)
Indonesian: borok (id), sariawan (id), tukak (id)
Irish: othras m
Italian: ulcera (it) f
Japanese: 潰瘍 (ja) (かいよう, kaiyō)
Kazakh: жара (kk) (jara)
Khmer: ដំបៅ (km) (dɑmbaw), វណ (vĕəʼnaʼ), ម្រេញ (km) (mrɨñ)
Korean: 궤양(潰瘍) (ko) (gweyang)
Kyrgyz: жара (ky) (jara)
Lao: ແຜບວມ (phǣ būam)
Latin: vomica f, ulcus (la) n
Latvian: čūla f
Lithuanian: opa (lt) m
Macedonian: чир m (čir)
Malay: ulser
Maori: kōmaoa (in the mouth), katitohe (in the throat), ipuipu, keha, maiao
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: шарх (mn) (šarx)
Nepali: अल्सर (alsar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: byll m
Persian: ریش‎ (fa) (riš), زخم‎ (fa) (zaxm), گزیدگی‎ (fa) (gazidegi), دمل‎ (fa) (domal)
Polish: wrzód (pl) m
Portuguese: úlcera (pt) f
Romanian: ulcer (ro) n
Russian: я́зва (ru) f (jázva)
Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чи̏р m, гри̏злица f
Roman: čȉr (sh) m, grȉzlica (sh) f
Slovak: vred (sk) m
Slovene: čir m, razjeda f
Spanish: llaga (es) f, úlcera (es) f
Swedish: böld (sv) c
Tagalog: ulsera
Tajik: захм (tg) (zaxm), реш (reš), яра (yara), ҷароҳат (jarohat)
Thai: แผลเปื่อย (plɛ̌ɛ-bpʉ̀ai)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ülser (tr)
Turkmen: ýara
Ukrainian: ви́разка f (výrazka), ура́зка f (urázka), ве́ред m (véred)
Uzbek: yara (uz), jarohat (uz)
Vietnamese: loét (vi)
Volapük: luuk (vo), kanseraluuk (cancerous), stomägaluuk (stomach)
Yiddish: געשוויר‎ n (geshvir)

peptic ulcer — see peptic ulcer

anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore

Bulgarian: поквара (bg) f (pokvara)
Finnish: avoin haava

Anagrams

cruel, lucre

Romanian

Etymology

From French ulcère, from Latin ulcus.

Noun

ulcer n (plural ulcere)

ulcer

Declension

Declension of ulcer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ulcer	ulcerul	(niște) ulcere	ulcerele
genitive/dative	(unui) ulcer	ulcerului	(unor) ulcere	ulcerelor
vocative	ulcerule		ulcerelor