different between ulcer vs crapaudine

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

French crapaudine

Noun

crapaudine (plural crapaudines)

1. (rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
2. (obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.

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Usage notes

• Sometimes used to describe such a swing-door.

Adjective

crapaudine (not comparable)

1. (cooking) Of a preparation for fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a frog.

Coordinate terms

• chicken crapaudine
• flattened chicken

See also

• crapaud

French

Etymology

crapaud +? -ine

Noun

crapaudine f (plural crapaudines)

1. Several types of precious stones
   1. toadstone
2. (botany) ironwort (Sideritis)

Derived terms

Hypernyms

• lamiacées

Adverb

crapaudine

1. (cooking) crapaudine

Coordinate terms

• poulet en crapaudine
• à la crapaudine

Descendants

• English: crapaudine