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Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold.

Capable of ulcerating.

To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.

Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.

The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.

Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.

Ulcerous; ulcerated.

Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter. R. Browning.

in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific microörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.

To ulcerate. [Obs.] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.

Ulceration. Quincy.

Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.

Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. -- n.

A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [Obs.] Boucher.

To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.] He . . . angereth malign ulcers. Bacon.

Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

tree ( Myroxylon Pereiræ and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. -- Balsam of Tolu, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ( Myxoxylon toluiferum.). It is highly fragrant, and is use…