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Definition: Ulcerated |
UlceratedAdjective1. Having an ulcer or canker. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ulcerated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references) |
Synonyms: UlceratedSynonyms: cankerous (adj), ulcerous (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ulcerated |
| English words defined with "ulcerated": Canker rash ♦ Exulcerate ♦ Intemerament ♦ kibe ♦ Ulcered. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ulcerated": Barrett Esophagus ♦ Philoctetes ♦ Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ulcerated": Intemerament. (references) |
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This patient has a primary syphilitic chancre located in the urethral meatus. A chancre is a primary skin lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Gastric adenocarcinoma with ulcerated surface and rolled border. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC. | |
Ulcerated, endophytic adenocarcinoma of colon. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC. | A small atypical darkfield-positive chancre of the glans. A chancre is a primary skin lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | The introduction of toxins into the marine environment have drastic effects on the organisms that live there. This English sole has an ulcerated dorsal fin. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Because of the loss of sensation caused by neuropathy, sores or injuries to the feet may not be noticed and may become ulcerated. (references) | |
This excessive force causes ulcerated sores or a wearing away of tissue on or near the cartilages of the larynx that move to bring the vocal folds together. (references) | ||
Studies over time demonstrate that hypercholesterolemic monkeys (and other species) develop intimal lesions that progress from fatty streaks to typical raised plaques to complicated ulcerated plaques resembling those seen in humans suffering from coronary heart disease. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ulcerated" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.48% of the time. "Ulcerated" is used about 27 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.48% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 11.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 7.41% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 27 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ulcerated": ulcerated sore throat ♦ ulcerated stomach. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ulcerated": non-ulcerated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ulcerated colitis | 38 |
colon ulcerated | 7 |
cornea ulcerated | 5 |
stomach ulcerated | 4 |
colitus ulcerated | 3 |
leg ulcerated | 3 |
sore ulcerated | 2 |
colitis diet ulcerated | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ulcerated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 溃疡 (ulcer, ulceration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | vereitert (festered, ulcerous), geeitert (mattered, suppurated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | cremagh (sore covered), askaidagh (abscessed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eratedulcay изъявлять изъявленный. (various references) ülserli (ulcerous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-l-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: decretal, lectured, relucted, ulcerate. | |
-2 letters: alerted, altered, catered, cerated, cleared, cleated, created, creedal, curated, declare, educate, eructed, lecture, reacted, relaced, related, traduce, treacle, treadle, ulcered. | |
-3 letters: acuter, aulder, carted, cartel, caudle, cedula, cerate, cereal, claret, cradle, crated, create, credal, curate, curdle, curled, curtal, cutler, dartle, dealer, decare, delate, derate, ductal, dueler, dulcet, ecarte. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-l-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: crenulated, edulcorate, reluctated. | |
+2 letters: caterwauled, edulcorated, edulcorates, elucubrated, operculated, reduplicate, reticulated, revictualed. | |
+3 letters: recalculated, recirculated, recultivated, reduplicated, reduplicates, reinoculated, relubricated, revictualled, tuberculated, uncelebrated, uncorrelated, vermiculated. | |
+4 letters: countervailed, rearticulated, recapitulated, reduplicative, unpredictable. | |
+5 letters: counterclaimed, counterrallied, multichambered, overspeculated, rediscountable, uncredentialed, unpredictables. | |
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