ulcerate

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The improvement didn't last long though, as the cornea began to cloud and ulcerate.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2015

It's just big happy crowds of harmless arty people expressing themselves and breaking a few pointless shibboleths that only serve to ulcerate young people anyway.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prison press must publish under conditions that would ulcerate an editor on the outside.

From Time Magazine Archive

The skin moves freely over it, except in relation to the bones of the fingers, where it may become adherent and ulcerate, simulating the appearance of a malignant tumour.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Though very indolent, these finally tend to ulcerate, and in time oedematous swellings appear in the vicinity or at distant parts of the body, with nodules at intervals.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various