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ulceration
Part of speech: NounThe process of forming into an ulcer; an ulcer or ulcerous sore.
Usage examples "ulceration":- Much more frequently it results from cicatricial contraction of the soft parts of the face or mouth following such conditions as cancrum oris, ulceration, or burns. - "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.", Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson.
- A great portion of the mutton slaughtered is unfit for food, from the fact that their lungs are often in a state of decomposition, their livers much injured by insects, and their intestines in a state of ulceration, from eating poisonous herbs. - "The American Reformed Cattle Doctor", George Dadd.
- Any dispensary doctor knows of scores of cases of ulceration of the eye that are due to the frequent rubbing of dirty faces with dirty little hands. - "The Children of the Poor", Jacob A. Riis.