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ulcer

[uhl-ser] / ˈʌl sər /
NOUN
an internal or external sore
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NOUN
inflammatory condition
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Ulcer patients must serve as their own guinea pigs, experimenting on their guts until they find sustenance that doesn’t come with a side of discomfort for them.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

Ulcer surgery proved the most dangerous; 42 percent of nursing home patients died, compared with 26 percent of others.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2012

Ulcer sufferers seem to have an overactive vagus nerve.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ulcer patients without enough vitamin C are in a bad way.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Bone be corrupted, a little Euphorbium may be apply'd; or else the small Pledgets steept in the Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes; then the Ulcer may be handled as all others.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel




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