ulcerate
- Adjective. (palynology, of a pollen grain) Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
- Verb. (medicine, transitive) To cause an ulcer to develop.
- Verb. (medicine, intransitive) To become ulcerous.
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