GC: adj
S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7456949/ (last access: 22 June 2024); Springer – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12029-007-9004-9 (last access: 22 June 2024).
N: 1. early 15c., from Latin ulcerosus “full of sores,” from stem of ulcus (see “ulcer”).
2. I. Characterized or caused by ulceration. Example: ulcerous lesions. II. Affected with or as if with an ulcer: ulcerated.
3. Pertaining to ulcer or causing ulceration.
4. cankerous (adjective) ulcerous, festering, cankered, ulcerative, suppurative, furunculous (pathology).
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=ulcerous (last access: 22 June 2024). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ulcerous (last access: 22 June 2024). 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=ulcerous&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 22 June 2024). 4. Collins – https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/cankerous (last access: 22 June 2024).
SYN: cankerous (depending on context)
S: Collins – https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/cankerous (last access: 22 June 2024); Cosnautas/Libro rojo (last access: 22 June 2024).
CR: cancerous, infestation, psoriasis, ulcer.
