| Main Entry: | ulcer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an internal or external sore |
Synonyms: |
abscess, boil, canker, carbuncle, lesion, peptic ulcer, pustule |
| Main Entry: | ulcer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflammatory condition |
Synonyms: |
abscess, boil, canker, fester, lesion, pustule, sore, ulceration |
| Main Entry: | abscess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
boil, carbuncle, pustule, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blister |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blistered infection |
Synonyms: |
bane, blight, blister, boil, cancer, corrosion, corruption, lesion, rot, scourge, smutch, sore, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
Synonyms: |
animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, envenom, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate |
| Main Entry: | fester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intensify; become inflamed |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate |
Antonyms: |
dissipate, get better, heal, lessen |