ulcerate

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English

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Adjective

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ulcerate (comparative more ulcerate, superlative most ulcerate)

  1. (palynology, of a pollen grain) Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.

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Verb

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ulcerate (third-person singular simple present ulcerates, present participle ulcerating, simple past and past participle ulcerated)

  1. (medicine, transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop.
    The surface was ulcerated by trauma.
  2. (medicine, intransitive) To become ulcerous.
    The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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ulcerate

  1. inflection of ulcerare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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Participle

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ulcerate f pl

  1. feminine plural of ulcerato

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Spanish

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Verb

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ulcerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ulcerar combined with te