[ So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs. ] (Med.) One of the numerous names of the lesion of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis. Called also Aleppo boil, Aleppo button, Aleppo evil, Bagdad boil, Biskra boil, Cochin China ulcer, Delhi boil, Jerico boil, Oriental boil, Oriental sore, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

v. t. & i. [ L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate. ] 1. To ulcerate. [ Obs. ] “To exulcerate the lungs.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exulceratus, p. p. ] Very sore; ulcerated. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exulceratio: cf. F. exulcération. ] [ Obs. or R. ] 1. Ulceration. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exulceratorius: cf. F. exulcératoire. ] Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ulcère, L. ulcus, gen. ulceris, akin to Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Med.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cold ulcer (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the extremities are cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ulcerate. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of ulcerating. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ulcerated p. pr. & vb. n. Ulcerating. ] [ L. ulceratus, p. p. of ulcerare, fr. ulcus ulcer. ] To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ulceratio: cf. F. ulcération. ] (Med.) The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ulcerous; ulcerated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ulcerosus: cf. F. ulcéreux. ] 1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated. [ 1913 Webster ]

It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ul"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Ul"cer*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]