different between ulcer vs fossette

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, diminutive of fosse (“a fosse”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??s?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??s?t/, /?f??s?t/

Noun

fossette (plural fossettes)

1. A little hollow; a dimple.
2. (medicine) A small, deep-centred ulcer of the transparent cornea.
3. (dentistry) A small depression in the crown of a tooth

Translations

French

Etymology

fosse +? -ette, a diminutive suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.s?t/

Noun

fossette f (plural fossettes)

1. dimple

Further reading

• “fossette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

fossette f

1. plural of fossetta

Anagrams

• fottesse