different between ulcer vs cacoethes

English

Etymology

From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ls?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ls?/

Noun

ulcer (plural ulcers)

1. (pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
2. (pathology) peptic ulcer
3. (figuratively) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ulcerously
• ulcerousness

Translations

Anagrams

• cruel, lucre

Romanian

Etymology

French ulcère, from Latin ulcus.

Noun

ulcer n (plural ulcere)

1. ulcer

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caco?thes, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kako?th?s, “ill-disposed”) from ????? (kakós, “bad”) + ???? (êthos, “disposition, nature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kak???i??i?z/
• Hyphenation: ca?co?e?thes

Noun

cacoethes (plural cacoethe)

1. Compulsion; mania.
2. (medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with cacoethics (“bad ethics or morals; bad habits”).

Alternative forms

• cacoëthes

Derived terms

• cacoethic
• cacoethical
• cacoethically

Translations

Anagrams

• coteaches

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???????? (kakó?thes), the neuter form of ???????? (kako?th?s, “ill-disposed”), from ????? (kakós, “bad”) + ???? (êthos, “disposition, nature”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.ko?e?.t?es/, [käko?e?t???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.ko?e.tes/, [k?k????t??s]

Noun

caco?thes n (genitive caco?this); third declension

1. A malignant tumour or disease.
2. Mania, especially for writing.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

• cacoethes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cacoethes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cacoethes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette