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canker

noun as in blistered infection

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Dr. Walsh informed me that he deemed it excellent for canker in the ear, but of that I have had no experience.

Thou eating canker-worm, that preyest upon the opening bud, and turnest the damask-rose into livid yellowness!

The canker eat into the rose—soiled and marred its perfectness—chipped and wasted its beauty—but could not destroy its perfume!

A fallacy, a canker at the heart of our social fabric today, is that the daily task is something to be rid of.

The extravagant and imprudent conduct of his sons also acted as a canker upon his heart.

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to canker, such as: blight, corrosion, scourge, bane, blister, and boil.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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