stomach ulcer

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• Ulcer — An area of tissue erosion, for example, of the skin or lining of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Due to the erosion, an ulcer is concave. It is always depressed below the level of the surrounding tissue. Ulcers can have diverse causes. Ulcers on …   Medical dictionary

• stomach — I UK [ˈstʌmək] / US noun [countable] Word forms stomach : singular stomach plural stomachs ** the soft part at the front of your body between your chest and your legs A horse had kicked her in the stomach. My stomach is getting fat. a) the organ… …   English dictionary

• stomach — stom|ach1 [ stʌmək ] noun count ** the soft part at the front of your body between your chest and your legs: A horse had kicked her in the stomach. My stomach is getting fat. a. the organ inside this part of your body where food goes when you… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ulcer — Synonyms and related words: abdominal hernia, abscess, aposteme, bane, bed sore, blain, bleb, blight, blister, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, cancer, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, cold sore, colitis, curse, disease,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ulcer — UK [ˈʌlsə(r)] / US [ˈʌlsər] noun [countable] Word forms ulcer : singular ulcer plural ulcers medical a sore area on the inside of an organ in your body or on your skin that sometimes bleeds or produces a poisonous substance a stomach ulcer • give …   English dictionary

• ulcer —   Pūhā, pūhō, hēhē, me eau.     Stomach ulcer, ōpū pūhā; iki alamea (rare).     Bleeding ulcer, hī koko (RSV).     Medicine for ulcers, kuakala …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• ulcer — ul|cer [ ʌlsər ] noun count a sore area on the inside of an organ in your body or on your skin that sometimes BLEEDS or produces a poisonous substance: a stomach ulcer give someone ulcers INFORMAL to make someone extremely worried ╾ ul|cer|ous… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ulcer — [ˈʌlsə] noun [C] a sore area in your body or on your skin that sometimes BLEEDS or produces a poisonous substance a mouth/stomach ulcer[/ex] ulcerated [ˈʌlsəˌreɪtɪd] adj …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Stomach cancer — Stomach or gastric cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus and the small intestine. Stomach cancer causes nearly one million deaths worldwide per… …   Wikipedia

• ulcer — [ul′sər] n. [L ulcus (gen. ulceris) < IE * elkos , abscess > Sans árśas , hemorrhoids, Gr helkos, abscess, wound] 1. an open sore (other than a wound) on the skin or some mucous membrane, as the lining of the stomach (peptic ulcer),… …   English World dictionary

• gastric ulcer — stomach ulcer …   English contemporary dictionary