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

In addition to being unsightly, they bleed freely when abraded, are liable to ulcerate from friction and pressure, and occasionally become the starting-point of melanotic cancer.

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

The mucous membrane which lines the bony wall of the middle ear has the function of the periosteum, and therefore, when inflamed and subjected to pressure, is liable to ulcerate.

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