ulcer

Other forms of ulcer

plural

ulcers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ulcer

What does ulcer mean?

ulcer means "a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue".

How many syllables are in ulcer?

ulcer has 2 syllables: ul-cer. The stress falls on "ul". In IPA it is /ˈʌlsɚ/.

What is another word for ulcer?

Close synonyms include ulceration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ulcer a common word?

ulcer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.