ulceration

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ULCERA'TION, noun [Latin ulceratio.] 1. The process of forming into an ulcer, or the process of becoming ulcerous. 2. An ulcer; a morbid sore that discharges pus or other fluid.
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