sore
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2.2
- noun
- /sɔr/
:
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- Patients who were incoherent or had pressure sores were classified as having very poor functional status.
- pressure sore
- open sores
- cold sores
It's like the sight of sores and pains and agony and exhaustion.
- It's like the sight of sores and pains and agony and exhaustion.
- Breaking news, he has a sore on his leg that he continues to bite open.
- It's a it's when a bed sore has basically eaten its way to the bone, almost.
- The slave, short and thin, hairless, with running sores on his hands and arms, uncapped a stone cup.
- Issues with his G tube, infections, pressure sores.
- So this I've been putting on daily after I have a shower and guess what the sores have gone down.
- I woke up and all of my lips were like crusted together with like sores.
- Milkshake brings the bubble sores to the yard and they're like.
- Or maybe you're part of a cold sore annual.
Examples
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The doctor examined the sore on his arm and said it needed treatment.
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Breaking news, he has a sore on his leg that he continues to bite open.
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There was dirt caked in his hair and an open sore on one of his arms.
Fiction book (1993) -
In order to prevent skin pressure sores, all straps around the patient are wide and soft.
Academic text (2000) -
The child had a number of suppurating sores on his back and arms.
Fiction book (1991) -
The coughing, the groaning, the festering sores.
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His pale, expressionless face is covered with reddish sores, like a teenager's bad acne.
Fiction book (1995) -
She applied a cream to soothe the sore on her foot caused by an infection.
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After the hike, he noticed a painful sore on his heel that made it hard to walk.
Synonyms
971
2.2
An injury where the skin is cut or torn
81
3.7
A painful sore on the skin or inside the body that can make pus
1
7.0
An open sore on the skin or in the mouth that hurts and often looks red
A sore on the skin caused by rubbing, like from a backpack
Idioms
- Informal
9
4.2
A welcome person or thing you are glad to see after time away, for example after a hard time
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A damaged area of skin that appears when constant weight on it keeps blood from reaching it
- Archaic
A skin infection from tiny parasites in warm countries that makes open sores
- Specialized
Strep bacteria infect the throat and tonsils and cause a severe, painful infection often with fever
- Specialized
An infection in the throat that causes a sudden sore throat and fever
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sore comes from the Old English word sār, which meant 'pain' or 'wound'. So a sore is a place on the skin that is hurt or infected and causes pain.