ulceration
pronunciation
How to pronounce ulceration in British English:
UK [ˌʌlsə'reɪʃn]
How to pronounce ulceration in American English:
US [ˌʌlsə'reɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
- the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated
Word Origin
- ulceration (n.)
- c. 1400, from Latin ulcerationem (nominative ulceratio), noun of action from past participle stem of ulcerare "to make sore," from stem of ulcus (see ulcer).
Example
- 1. Coagulopathies , bleeding tumors , gastric ulceration , and external or internal parasites should be excluded as causes .
- 2. However when they injected the hind leg of mice with the cd47 suppressor , it showed much less hair loss , ulceration and peeling when targeted by radiation than an untreated leg .
- 3. This can happen if the std causes ulceration or breaks in the skin ( e.g. syphilis or herpes ) , or if it stimulates an immune response in the genital area ( e.g. chlamydia or gonorrhea ) .
- 4. If no evidence of external bleeding is found , a source of internal or occult blood loss must be sought , eg , a ruptured splenic tumor , coagulopathy , gi ulceration or parasites , or other neoplasia .
- 5. The earliest references to cancer , in 2600bc or so by imhotep , an ancient egyptian physician , then by hippocrates and galen , were simple clinical descriptions : swelling , ulceration , death .