different between ulcus vs ulcerate

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

English

Adjective

ulcerate (comparative more ulcerate, superlative most ulcerate)

1. (palynology, of a pollen grain) Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.

Derived terms

• monoulcerate

Verb

ulcerate (third-person singular simple present ulcerates, present participle ulcerating, simple past and past participle ulcerated)

1. (medicine, transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop.

   The surface was ulcerated by trauma.

2. (medicine, intransitive) To become ulcerous.

   The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.

Derived terms

• ulceration
• ulcerative
• ulcerative colitis
• ulcerative gingivitis

Translations

Anagrams

• celature

Italian

Verb

ulcerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ulcerare
2. second-person plural imperative of ulcerare
3. feminine plural of ulcerato

Anagrams

• curatele