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🤕 An open sore ⚠️ Forming an ulcer
ulceration

ulceration

7.2
Body tissue breaks and makes an open sore that can hurt and bleed
  • noun
  • /ˌʌl.səˈreɪ.ʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ulceración
  • The mean duration of ulceration and hospitalization was 38.2 +/- 61.8 (SD) months and 64.2 +/- 61.5 (SD) days, respectively.
  • mucosal ulceration
  • ulceration and necrosis
  • cause ulceration

Examples

  • Per our recommendation, the patient applied white petrolatum twice daily to the ulceration, and it was completely healed within 2 months.

    Academic text (2007)

  • There was no trace of ulceration, granulation, or cicatrization.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Pain is minimized when mucosal ulceration does not occur.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The lesion recurred and grew much larger with central ulceration.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Differences were seen in stomach ulceration among the three groups of food-restricted rats (Figure 7).

    Academic text (1990)

  • The risk of ulceration and amputation increases if supervision of care in elderly patients is inadequate. Nerve damage.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Clinical findings include ulceration of the nasal mucosa and destruction of the turbinates.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Equinus contracture has been associated with increased plantar pressure and ulceration (1).

    Academic text (2001)

  • Cutaneous examination at presentation revealed an 8 by 15 mm ulceration with an indurated rim on her left elbow (Figure 1).

    Academic text (2007)

  • The doctor explained that ulceration can lead to severe complications if not treated promptly.

Synonyms

peptic ulceration
vsulceration
  • Specialized
5.9

An ulcer in the stomach or top part of the gut caused by stomach acid

is the general process of forming such tissue damage rather than the specific lesion

Antonyms

healing
344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

Compounds

peptic ulceration
  • Specialized
5.9

An ulcer in the stomach or top part of the gut caused by stomach acid

How Severe

necrosis
  • Specialized
11 8.2
erosion
29 4.2
ulceration
  • Specialized
7.2
inflammation
  • Specialized
53 3.7
irritation
21 3.2

Surface Forms

ulceration singular
ulcerations plural

Morphology

ulceration = ulcerate (transparent) = ulcer + ate + ion

Built by a standard verb-forming suffix '-ate' on 'ulcer' and nominalized with '-ion'; meaning 'the process of forming an ulcer' is directly derived.

Etymology

Ulceration comes from ulcer, from Latin ulcus meaning 'sore', and the ending -ation meaning 'the process of'. So ulceration is the process of forming or becoming a sore.