ULCER ULCERA ULCUS
~ ULCER or in plural ~ ULCERA also in lat and ukr ~ ULCUS id+ | CHRONIC SORE or UNHEALING WOUND | ^u from gr HELKOS for WOUND ukr ULKUS for STOMACH or GASTRIC ULCER med> in some languages the term implies a DEGENERATIVE RATHER THAN TRAUMATIC NON HEALING thus CHRONIC SORE but note that often ULCER implies LACK of PAIN or being PAINLESS SORE implies see> HURT see> SORE see> SORRY |