ulcer

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UL'CER, noun [Latin ulcus; Gr.] A sore; a solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, attend with a secretion of pus or some kind of discharge. Ulcers on the lungs are seldom healed.
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