ulcerate

Example Sentences

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The improvement didn't last long though, as the cornea began to cloud and ulcerate.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2015

The prison press must publish under conditions that would ulcerate an editor on the outside.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's just big happy crowds of harmless arty people expressing themselves and breaking a few pointless shibboleths that only serve to ulcerate young people anyway.

From Time Magazine Archive

The teeth grow black from an incrustation of tartar; the insides of the lips ulcerate; the gums bleed at the slightest touch, and the breath stinks most intolerably.

From The Dog by Dinks

The sebaceous adenoma, which originates from the sebaceous glands, forms a projecting tumour on the face or scalp, and when the skin is irritated it may ulcerate and fungate.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis