ULCERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ulcerate mean? 

• ULCERATE (verb)
  The verb ULCERATE has 2 senses:

1. undergo ulceration

2. affect with an ulcer

  Familiarity information: ULCERATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULCERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ulcerate    ... he / she / it ulcerates   
Past simple: ulcerated   
Past participle: ulcerated   
-ing form: ulcerating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo ulceration

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Her stomach ulcerated

Hypernyms (to "ulcerate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ulcer (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)

ulceration (the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated)

ulcerative (of or relating to or characterized by ulceration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Affect with an ulcer

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

Her stomach was ulcerated

Hypernyms (to "ulcerate" is one way to...):

affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

ulcer (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)

ulcerative (of or relating to or characterized by ulceration)

 Context examples 

A finding indicating the presence of a focal ulcerated lesion that is associated with hemorrhage.

(Localized Hemorrhagic and Ulcerated Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

An ulcerated lesion in the esophageal wall.

(Esophageal Ulcer, NCI Thesaurus)

An ulcerated lesion in the mucosal surface of the stomach.

(Gastric Ulcer, NCI Thesaurus)

A variant allele of this gene is associated with acatalasia, a disease characterized by the absence of catalase activity in red blood cells, which is typically associated with ulcerating oral lesions.

(CAT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents as a painful ulcerated or nodular lesion.

(Anterior Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor presents as a single cutaneous nodule which is often ulcerated.

(Atypical Fibroxanthoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It presents as single or multiple nodular lesions which may be ulcerated or hemorrhagic and is usually in the axilla and less often in the anogenital region.

(Apocrine Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Grossly, it tends to be nodular, polypoid or ulcerated.

(Gastric Intestinal Type Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The blisters may become large and ulcerated, resulting in skin infections and loss of body fluids.

(Epidermolysis bullosa, NCI Thesaurus)

She wanted me to nurse my cold by staying at home to-day, and yet will not promise to avoid the danger of catching an ulcerated sore throat herself.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)