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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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The study, published in Microbiology Spectrum, is the first to offer a large-scale genomic analysis of E. coli taken directly from diabetic foot ulcers across multiple regions of the world.

From Science Daily

Over a lifetime, as many as one in three people with diabetes may experience a foot ulcer.

From Science Daily

Rose's symptoms - tiredness, dizziness and tongue ulcers - are just some of the things to look out for.

From BBC

The artist died in 1943, not at the hands of the Nazis but by finally succumbing to the stomach ulcers that plagued him his whole life.

From The Wall Street Journal

It can cause ulcers or sores around the animal's mouth and face, difficulties swallowing and breathing, fever and lameness, foetal deformities and stillbirths.

From BBC