ulcerate
adjective, verb
Forms ulcerates ulcerating ulcerated
- adjective (palynology, of a pollen grain) Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
- verb (medicine, transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop. “The surface was ulcerated by trauma.”
- verb (medicine, intransitive) To become ulcerous. “The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ulcerātus.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
- verb To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. Harvey.
Etymology [L. ulceratus, p. p. of ulcerare, fr. ulcus ulcer.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ulcerate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details