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# ulcer

«ulcer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sore place on the skin or inside the body where the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an ulcer, ulcers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An ulcer is a sore place on the skin or inside the body where the surface has broken down; it is slow to heal and can hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#m1)

2) A mouth ulcer is a small, painful white or yellow spot inside your mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#m2)

3) A stomach ulcer is a sore in the lining of the stomach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons, ulcers show what happens when the body's lining gets damaged; mouth ulcers are common and harmless, while stomach ulcers need a doctor. In everyday life children say «I've got a mouth ulcer, it stings when I eat crisps.» Phrases: «a mouth ulcer», «a stomach ulcer», «leg ulcer».

### examples

- I have a mouth ulcer, so orange juice really stings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#x1)
- Mouth ulcers usually heal on their own in a week or two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#x2)
- Grandad's doctor treated his stomach ulcer with medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#x3)
- The nurse put a dressing on the ulcer on Gran's leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#x4)
- Biting your cheek by accident can cause an ulcer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#x5)
- Salty crisps make my ulcer hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/#x6)

### note

Countable, «an ulcer» (starts with a vowel sound, UL-ser). Myth: stomach ulcers were long thought to come only from worry and spicy food; scientists found that most are caused by a germ (bacteria) called H. pylori, and they won a Nobel Prize in 2005 for it. An ulcer that does not heal should be shown to a doctor.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ulcer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ulcer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.