Definitions

ulcerous

[uhl-ser-uhs] / ˈʌl sər əs /

ADJECTIVE

ulcerative

Synonyms

WEAK

cankered cankerous helcoid ulcerated

Example Sentences

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Ulcerous Form.—This does not occur in children under five, but may attack persons of all greater ages.

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

Yet this Spring healed very old and Ulcerous sores on the Legs of a poor Fellow, which had been poyson'd by Irons in the Gaol, after other Chirurgery had been hopeless.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry