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English
Etymology
From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ulcer (plural ulcers)
- (pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
- (pathology) Peptic ulcer.
- (figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
Derived terms
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Translations
open sore
- Albanian: ulçerë f
- Arabic: قَرْحَة f (qarḥa), قُرْحَة f (qurḥa)
- Armenian: խոց (hy) (xocʻ)
- Azerbaijani: xora, yara (az)
- Basque: ultzera
- Belarusian: я́зва f (jázva), ве́рад m (vjérad)
- Bengali: জখম (bn) (zôkhôm)
- Bulgarian: я́зва (bg) f (jázva)
- Catalan: úlcera f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 潰瘍／溃疡 (zh) (kuìyáng)
- Czech: vřed (cs) m
- Danish: byld c
- Dutch: zweer (nl) f
- Esperanto: ulcero
- Estonian: haavand
- Finnish: haava (fi), haavauma (fi), haavautuma
- French: ulcère (fr) m
- Galician: úlcera (gl) f, úcera f, chaga f
- Georgian: წყლული (c̣q̇luli), იარა (iara)
- German: Geschwür (de) n, Ulcus n
- Greek: έλκος (el) n (élkos)
- Ancient: ἕλκος n (hélkos)
- Hebrew: כִּיב (he) m (kiv), אולקוס m ('úlkus)
- Hindi: फोड़ा (hi) m (phoṛā), व्रण (hi) m (vraṇ), अल्सर (alsar)
- Hungarian: fekély (hu)
- Indonesian: borok (id), sariawan (id), tukak (id)
- Irish: othras m
- Italian: ulcera (it) f
- Japanese: 潰瘍 (ja) (かいよう, kaiyō)
- Kazakh: жара (jara)
- Khmer: ដំបៅ (km) (dɑmbaw), វណ (vĕəʼnaʼ), ម្រេញ (km) (mrɨñ)
- Korean: 궤양(潰瘍) (ko) (gweyang)
- Kyrgyz: жара (ky) (jara)
- Lao: ແຜບວມ (phǣ būam)
- Latin: vomica f, ulcus (la) n
- Latvian: čūla f
- Lithuanian: opa (lt) m
- Macedonian: чир m (čir)
- Malay: ulser
- Maori: kōmaoa (in the mouth), katitohe (in the throat), ipuipu, keha, maiao
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: шарх (mn) (šarx)
- Nepali: अल्सर (alsar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: byll m
- Persian: ریش (fa) (riš), زخم (fa) (zaxm), گزیدگی (fa) (gazidegi), دمل (fa) (domal)
- Polish: wrzód (pl) m
- Portuguese: úlcera (pt) f
- Romanian: ulcer (ro) n
- Russian: я́зва (ru) f (jázva)
- Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чи̏р m, гри̏злица f
- Roman: čȉr (sh) m, grȉzlica (sh) f
- Slovak: vred (sk) m
- Slovene: čir m, razjeda f
- Spanish: llaga (es) f, úlcera (es) f
- Swedish: böld (sv) c
- Tagalog: ulsera, ulser
- Tajik: захм (tg) (zaxm), реш (reš), яра (yara), ҷароҳат (jarohat)
- Thai: แผลเปื่อย (plɛ̌ɛ-bpʉ̀ai)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: ülser (tr)
- Turkmen: ýara
- Ukrainian: ви́разка f (výrazka), ура́зка f (urázka), ве́ред m (véred)
- Uzbek: yara (uz), jarohat (uz)
- Vietnamese: loét (vi)
- Volapük: luuk (vo), kanseraluuk (cancerous), stomägaluuk (stomach)
- Yiddish: געשוויר n (geshvir)
- Yoruba: ojuju, ooju
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anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ulcère, from Latin ulcus.
Noun
ulcer n (plural ulcere)
- ulcer
Declension
