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Meaning of ULCERATE

Pronunciation:  'ulsu`reyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  affect with an ulcer; "Her stomach was ulcerated"
  2. [v]  undergo ulceration; "Her stomach ulcerated"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ul"cer*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ulcerated}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Ulcerating}.] [L. ulceratus, p. p. of ulcerare, fr.
    ulcus ulcer.]
    To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
    
  2. \Ul"cer*ate\, v. t.
    To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. --Harvey.
    
 

 

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