ulcerous

American  

[uhl-ser-uhs] / ˈʌl sər əs /

adjective

1. of the nature of an ulcer; characterized by the formation of ulcers.

2. affected with an ulcer or ulcers.

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ulcerous British  

/ ˈʌlsərəs /

adjective

1. relating to, characteristic of, or characterized by an ulcer or ulcers

2. being or having a corrupting influence

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Other Word Forms

• nonulcerous adjective
• nonulcerously adverb
• nonulcerousness noun
• ulcerously adverb
• ulcerousness noun
• unulcerous adjective
• unulcerously adverb
• unulcerousness noun

Etymology

Origin of ulcerous

1570–80; < Latin ulcerōsus full of sores, ulcerous, equivalent to ulcer- a sore, ulcer + -ōsus -ous

Example Sentences

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

Raleigh’s foot remained swollen and ulcerous—the skin was now peeling off—and Fawcett urged him to return with the guides.

From The New Yorker

“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

The scariest moment was when he got sick with what later was diagnosed as ulcerous colitis.

From Washington Times

And Toby Whyland-Rich, 39, said that when he splashed some water from the natural spring dedicated to Kateri in Fonda on an ulcerous sore on his leg, it healed.

From New York Times