What does the word ulcer mean?
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[ Latin] A loss of substance occurring upon a free surface, not due to recent injury, and causing progressive but piece-meal death and disintegration of the tissues. Healthy u., progressing satisfactorily to a cure; marked by smooth non-indurated edges, serous exudation, red, painless granulations which do not protrude above the skin, and by a pellicle of epidermis( cicatrix) spreading over the surface from the edges. An unhealthy u. is one which presents different characters from these; comprising the Inflamed u. marked by swollen, painful, and oedematous edges, swollen, painful granulations, and purulent secretion; Sloughing( or Phagedenic) u., an inflamed u. with irregular overhanging edges and sloughing masses in the discharge; Fungous( or Weak) u., with pale, flabby, exuberant granulations projecting above the level of the skin; Callous( Indolent or Chronic) u., with hardened, discolored edges, pale and scanty granulations, and fetid purulent discharge. U’s are further denoted according to their cause, as Tuberculous( or Scrofulous), Syphilitic, Varicose( due to venous engorgement resulting from varicose veins), etc. Cold u., an u. on the extremities due to defective nutrition, and associated with coldness of the surface. Cruveilhier’s u., Peptic u., ulcus ventriculi. Perforating u., ( 1) malum perforans pedis; ( 2) ulcus ventriculi. Rodent u., see Rodent. Round u., Solitary u., ulcus ventriculi. TREATMENT OF U’S: constitutional( in syphilitic and tuberculous u’s); protective and antiseptic dressings for healthy u’s, with skin-grafting or other plastic operations when the formation of a cicatrix is defective; stimulants for weak or fungous ulcers( silver nitrate, copper sulphate, black wash); caustics, erasion, or scraping for callous u’s; elastic compression with elevation of part for varicose u’s; poultices with elevation and rest for inflamed u’s; destruction by strong caustics in phagedenic u’s.
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Usage examples for ulcer
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The ulcer may heal, but tends to break down again. – Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
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Mr. John D. Turner, near Norfolk, Virginia, in the " Norfolk Herald", June 27, 1838. " Ranaway, a negro by the name of Joshua- he has a cut across one of his ears, which he will conceal as much as possible- one of his ankles is enlarged by an ulcer." – The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus by American Anti-Slavery Society
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In order that the treatment by eschar may be successful, there must be the following conditions in regard to the ulcer: first, the surface occupied by the ulcer must not be too extensive; secondly, it must not be exposed to much motion or friction; and thirdly, it must not be attended by a profuse discharge; for all these circumstances have a direct effect in, preventing the formation of an adherent eschar or of removing it if formed. – An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom
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