(medicine, transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop. / (medicine, intransitive) To become ulcerous.

affected with ulcers

The formation of ulcers.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ulcerate

present participle of ulcerate

Composed of, or causing ulcers

(medicine) Synonym of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis

plural of pressure ulcer

(pathology) A type of ulcer caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.

An aphthous ulcer; an open sore in the mouth, or rarely a break in the mucous membrane or the epithelium on the lips or surrounding the mouth.