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Sores vs Ulcer - What's the difference?

sores | ulcer |

As nouns the difference between sores and ulcer

is that sores is while ulcer is (pathology) an open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

sores

English

Noun

(head)

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    ulcer

    English

    (wikipedia ulcer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
  • (pathology) peptic ulcer
  • (figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

    • Derived terms

    * ulcerate * ulceration * ulcerative * ulcerous * ulcerously * ulcerousness

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