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🤕 An open sore ⚠️ Forming an ulcer
ulceration

ulceration

1 7.0
An open sore on the skin or in the mouth that hurts and often looks red
  • noun
  • /ˌʌl.səˈreɪ.ʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ulceración
  • The doctor explained that the ulceration in her stomach needed immediate treatment to prevent further complications.
  • plantar ulceration
  • skin ulceration
  • neuropathic ulceration

It can cause all sorts of even ulceration of the esophagus and it just really terrible stuff.

Examples

  • It can cause all sorts of even ulceration of the esophagus and it just really terrible stuff.

    Andrew Huberman

  • However, the area of swelling subsequently increased, and ulceration and more purulent discharge appeared.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Since that time, the ulceration has recurred, but again responded well to similar conservative measures.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Osteoradionecrosis of the maxilla is present at the site of the previous ulceration, but there is no evidence of residual disease.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Examination revealed that a gray-white mass with surface ulceration had filled the entire nasal vestibule.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Kosiak noted that skin ulceration can occur days after initial erythema has disappeared (10, 11).

    Academic text (1991)

  • In addition, this toe-drag motion will cause an increase in stresses and ulceration of the forefoot (5).

    Academic text (1995)

  • Oral ulcers: oral or nasopharyngeal ulceration, usually painless, observed by a physician.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Besides the skin ulceration, tuberculoid granulomas in the deep dermis may be suggestive of the diagnosis.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Cutaneous malacoplakia can manifest as abscesses, masses, draining sinuses, papules, nodules, or ulcerations.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

ulcer
vsulceration
81 3.7

A painful sore on the skin or inside the body that can make pus

focuses on tissue loss and inflammation that creates an open damaged area
sore
vsulceration
49 2.2

A painful spot on the skin that is open or infected

is more specific meaning actual tissue loss with inflammation

Antonyms

repair
352 2.3

Work done to fix something that is broken

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

ulceration
  • Specialized
1 7.0
erosion
29 4.2
inflamed
6 4.3
red blotch
1 4.4

Surface Forms

ulceration singular
ulcerations plural

Morphology

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

The noun derives from the verb 'ulcerate' (ulcer + -ate) with a standard nominalizing suffix, and the sense 'a localized sore' is an expected result of that process.

Etymology

Ulceration comes from ulcer, from Latin ulcus meaning 'sore', and the ending -ation meaning 'a result or state'. So ulceration can mean an open sore or the area where skin or other body tissue has been lost.