ulcer

Pathology: - an injury to the surface of the skin or to a mucous surface, resulting in superficial loss of tissue, usually with inflammation - a wound with superficial loss of tissue from trauma is not primarily an ulcer, but may become ulcerated if infection occurs

Specific

corneal ulcer (ulcerative keratitis) cutaneous ulcer flask-shaped colonic ulcer gastrointestinal ulcer genital ulcer Hunner's ulcer mucosal ulcer penetrating aortic atherosclerotic ulcer ulcerative lesion arising from the transformation zone of the cervix

General

sign/symptom injury

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995