rodent ulcer

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.

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rodent ulcer British  

noun

1. a slow-growing malignant tumour on the face, usually occurring at the edge of the eyelids, lips, or nostrils

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Etymology

Origin of rodent ulcer

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

As a student, he happened on a photograph in an old medical textbook that showed a woman's face half eaten away by a rodent ulcer – inside and outside had become horribly confused.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2011

Thus in the treatment of rodent ulcer, a pad of lint saturated with a 5 per cent solution of zinc sulphate is placed over the ulcer.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Cases of rodent ulcer unaffected by all other methods of treatment have been cured by electric kataphoresis with zinc ions, and the method is now being applied to the treatment of inoperable malignant tumours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Only in one form of surface-cancer, the so-called flat-celled or rodent ulcer, which has little or no tendency to form spore-cells and attack the deeper organs, are they effective.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

They form one of the varieties of the so-called rodent ulcer.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various