ulcerate
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Adjective edit
ulcerate (comparative more ulcerate, superlative most ulcerate)
- (palynology, of a pollen grain) Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
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Verb edit
ulcerate (third-person singular simple present ulcerates, present participle ulcerating, simple past and past participle ulcerated)
- (medicine, transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop.
- The surface was ulcerated by trauma.
- (medicine, intransitive) To become ulcerous.
- The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.
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Translations edit
to cause an ulcer
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to become ulcerous
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Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
ulcerate
- inflection of ulcerare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
ulcerate f pl
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ulcerate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of ulcerar combined with te