Ulceration

Definition: Ulceration

Ulceration

Noun

1. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.

Date "ulceration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references)

Domain	Definition
Health	1. the formation or development of an ulcer. 2. an ulcer. (references)
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Synonym: Ulceration

Synonym: ulcer (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Advances in Drug Therapy of Gastrointestinal Ulceration (reference) Intestinal Ulceration (reference) (more book examples)
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	Gross pathology of intestinal amebiasis showing extensive ulceration. Credit: CDC.		Here the disease has manifested itself as a cutaneous ulceration, which has begun to turn black, hence the origin of the name "Anthrax", after the Greek name for coal. Credit: CDC.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The most significant of these may be ulceration. (references)
		These lesions may take several forms, including erythema, lichenoid change, ulceration, or hyperkeratosis. (references)
		Antitumor antibiotics, hydroxyurea, VP-16, and procarbazine can also cause nonspecific mucosal ulceration. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Ulceration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ulceration" is used about 156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	156	25,144

Expressions using "ulceration": chrome ulceration ♦ lime ulceration ♦ peptic ulceration. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "ulceration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		溃疡 (ulcer, ulcerated). (various references)

Danish		ulceration (ulcer, ulcus). (various references)

Dutch		ulceratie (helcosis, ulcer). (various references)

Farsi		زخم یاقرحه , ایجادزخم یاقرحه , ریشی . (various references)

Finnish		lämpömittarin aiheuttama peräsuolivamma (rectal ulceration). (various references)

French		ulcération (ulcer, ulcus). (various references)

German		Eiterung (suppuration). (various references)

Greek		έλκωση (helcosis, ulcer). (various references)

Hebrew		כיבת. (various references)

Hungarian		meggyűlés, gennyesedés (gathering), fekélyesedés (festering). (various references)

Indonesian		koreng (scab, sore). (various references)

Italian		ulcerazione. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		腐乱 (decomposition). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふら�" (decompose, decomposition, hatching, incubation, space without columns, ulcerate). (various references)

Manx		askaidaghey (ulcerate), aase askaidagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		erationulcay

Portuguese		ulceração. (various references)

Russian		образование язвы (ulcerations). (various references)

Spanish		ulceración postvacunal (postvaccinal ulceration, postvaccinal ulcus), ulceración ocasionada por la cal (lime hole, lime ulceration), ulceración interdigital (interdigital ulceration), ulceración ileo-yeyunal segmentaria (segmental ileo-jejunal ulceration), ulceración consecutiva a la toma de temperatura intrarrectal (rectal ulceration), signo de Duguet (ulceration of Duguet), úlcera erética (erethismic ulceration), úlcera anastomótica (anastomotic ulcer, ulceration of anastomosis). (various references)

Swedish		sårbildning. (various references)

Turkish		ülserleşme, ülser olma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ulceration": ulcerations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ulceration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uncreation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ulceration" (pronounced 'Ul`cer*a"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: antiulcer, inoculate, nucleator.
	-2 letters: acrolein, anoretic, anuretic, auntlier, calutron, cilantro, clarinet, colinear, contrail, courante, creation, erotical, loricate, neurotic, oriental, outlearn, outliner, outrance, reaction, relation, reticula, retinula, tenurial, unerotic.
	-3 letters: aconite, aileron, aleuron, alienor, aloetic, alunite, article, auction, auricle, calorie, cariole, carline, carotin, cauline, caution, centaur, central, ceratin, certain, clarion, cloture, clouter, coalier, coenuri.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: countervail, crenulation, involucrate, radiolucent, reductional, reinoculate, reluctation, ulcerations.
	+2 letters: aeronautical, counterclaim, countervails, crenulations, edulcorating, elocutionary, elucubration, inoperculate, neurotically, reinoculated, reinoculates, reluctations, reticulation, unrhetorical.
	+3 letters: counterclaims, countervailed, documentarily, elucubrations, inoperculates, intercommunal, recalculation, recirculation, reduplication, reinoculating, reinoculation, relubrication, republication, reticulations, ultraviolence, unchlorinated, unproblematic, untheoretical, vermiculation.
	+4 letters: aeronautically, binocularities, coevolutionary, conceptualizer, constabularies, counterclaimed, counterrallied, counterrallies, countervailing, insurrectional, intermolecular, intramolecular, macroevolution, pertinaciously, prepublication, recalculations, recapitulation, recirculations, rediscountable, reduplications, reinoculations, relubrications, republications, resurrectional, secularization, ultraprecision, ultraviolences, unidirectional, vermiculations.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
ulceration	5
corneal ulceration	2
ulceration vagina	2
oral ulceration	2
genital ulceration	2
gen ulceration	2
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Ulceration

Definition: Ulceration

Ulceration

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Specialty Definition: Ulceration

Synonym: Ulceration

Crosswords: Ulceration

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