Verb (used without object) : His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : Continued worry ulcerated his stomach. From Dictionary.com.
If untreated, the lesion may blister, ulcerate and eventually result in dead tissue. From Wordnik.com. [Spider Bites] Reference
The nodules grow larger and larger; they ulcerate and from them comes a foul discharge. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Mark: Leprosy] Reference
These are very prone to become inflamed and to ulcerate during the course of typhoid fever. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
In the simple form of this disease, the throat, though often more or less sore, does not ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time] Reference
The gums become swollen, tender, spongy, and bleed easily, and later they may ulcerate and the teeth loosen and drop out. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Scars, extensive, deep, or adherent, that interfere with muscular movement or that show a tendency to break down and ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [EXECUTIVE ORDER 10001] Reference
Their nipples became sore in the usual way, with bluish pustules; but as remedies were early applied, they did not ulcerate to any extent. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
When the chilblains vesicate, ulcerate or slough, it is better to omit the aconite and apply the other components of the liniment without it. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Sometimes the impoverished blood induces a disease resembling scurvy, the ends of the fingers ulcerate, and the face is disfigured by blotches. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
They all have ridges when they come in, and unless they're addressed, they become very sharp and they actually chew and ulcerate the insides of their mouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Dentist Who Goes Straight To The Horse's Mouth] Reference
For the things, silly or not, that people remember are the things they will search for PilL I will, then, ulcerate their half-dead desires with vinegar-gnat memory. From Wordnik.com. [The Machineries of Joy]
The vesicles often develop into bullæ, and sometimes ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
My bladder became very painful and commenced to ulcerate and fill up. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
The throat, mouth, and tongue now become tender, and occasionally ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
'It's not going to heal the unhealable wound, it's only going to ulcerate it. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
It forms an indolent swelling, which tends to break down slowly and to ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
They may become itchy or painful, and the lesion may start to bleed or ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
The affected glands ulcerate, look blue and indolent, and manifest no disposition to heal. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
The protruding tongue itself may ulcerate, possibly bleed, and there is constant dribbling of saliva. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Not having any shoes, and being exposed to the weather, I took a heavy cold which caused my knee to ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, Etc.] Reference
Hæmorrhage is liable to occur when exposed portions of the tumour ulcerate -- for example in the nasal fossæ. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The skin of the affected part may become brawny and slightly scaly, and not infrequently may break down and ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
The appearance of any tendency to crusting, to break down or ulcerate is significant of epitheliomatous degeneration. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
The pupil is usually dilated, the cornea becomes opaque and may ulcerate, and there is photophobia and sometimes diplopia. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
No. Gummata grow more rapidly, are usually painful to the touch, are not freely movable, and tend to break down and ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
The lip is protruded, the mucous membrane everted, and, when the lower lip is implicated, it becomes pendulous and is liable to ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Vesicles form on the mucous membrane, and after bursting, ulcerate, and a mixed infection with streptococci occurs, leading to diffuse œdema. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The irritation of the discharge may ulcerate the lining mucous membrane of the nose, causing serpentine gutters with bottoms resembling those of the chancres themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
They show a tendency to ulcerate and fungate, giving rise to a fœtid discharge, and may be mistaken for epithelioma; they are also liable to become the seat of epithelioma. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
A dark violet colour, and if subjected to pressure or irritation may ulcerate and bleed. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
A rule the growths are smooth, firm and elastic, somewhat painful upon pressure, and exhibit a tendency to ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
The hands and the feet also ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Mark: Leprosy] Reference
He'd be lucky if the burns didn't ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
In his turn Pierre strove to show himself conciliatory in order that he might not further ulcerate that violent, grief-stricken soul: "Your. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5] Reference
The bones may ulcerate and rot. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
They tend to break down and ulcerate. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
Which only ulcerate the heart the more. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry] Reference
To ulcerate my reputation. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical] Reference
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