adjective
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relating to, characteristic of, or characterized by an ulcer or ulcers
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being or having a corrupting influence
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ulcerous
1570–80; < Latin ulcerōsus full of sores, ulcerous, equivalent to ulcer- a sore, ulcer + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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An ulcerous infection on her thigh prevented her from working last year, but since January she has been selling beauty products door to door.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2018
“Wiley’s paintings are created by teams of assistants in China,” the critic Ben Davis observed in an ulcerous review at BlouinArtinfo.com in 2012.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2015
Traces of plutonium are being found along the Normandy coast, and crabs in the area have begun to show ulcerous sores.
From Time Magazine Archive
The FBI tapes revealed that De Carlo had as many ulcerous problems in running his mob as any businessman would have.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked into its surface and it was gray and ulcerous.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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