different between ulculus vs ulcus

English

Etymology

From Latin ulcus (“sore”). Doublet of ulcer.

Noun

ulcus (plural ulcera)

1. (palynology) A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain.

Derived terms

• ulcerate
• ulculus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?él?os (“wound, illness, ulcer”), from the root *h?el?-; compare Ancient Greek ????? (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Old Norse illr (“bad, sick”), Sanskrit ?????? (ár?as, “hemorrhoids”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ul.kus/, [????k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ul.kus/, [?ulkus]

Noun

ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension

1. sore, ulcer, wound

Declension

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

Descendants

See also

• vulnus
• ulcus cruris

References

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