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ulceration

British  
/ ˌʌlsəˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the development or formation of an ulcer

  2. an ulcer or an ulcerous condition

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Effects of exposure can also include kidney and liver damage, nasal and skin irritation and ulceration, and eye irritation and damage, according to the U.S.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2024

The dog had lesions on its skin and mucous membranes, pustules on its abdomen and a thin anal ulceration.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2022

A four-year-old Italian Greyhound tested positive for the virus in June after developing lesions, which included abdomen pustules and a thin anal ulceration, the British medical journal The Lancet reported.

From Washington Times Aug. 15, 2022

"This remarkable concretion had caused great thickening and ulceration of the stomach, and was the remote cause of her death," said the Liverpool Daily Post in 1869.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2013

It was different from the larger feelings that still racked his body: the searing agony in his arms and hands, the almost unendurable ulceration of his parched mouth, the feverish pounding of his head.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

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