ulcerate

Example Sentences

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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

As a rule the growths are smooth, firm and elastic, somewhat painful upon pressure, and exhibit a tendency to ulcerate.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

The gums become swollen, tender, spongy, and bleed easily, and later they may ulcerate and the teeth loosen and drop out.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm