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- verb Present participle of
ulcerate .
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Examples
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And even though this is manifested to the inner satisfaction of many a practitioner on an abundance of occasions, at least hopefully, there still is left behind a painful quagmire of frustration and ulcerating tedium that makes the more desirable aspirations lose their glory amidst the tensions and friction of the rocky path.
Saul Segan: The Overlooked Obvious Saul Segan 2010
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What's going on here is that the stasis dermatitis ended up ulcerating on both ankles, a not unusual circumstance (I just found out that my maternal grandfather suffered from the same issue with dermatitis, and he used to end up with ulcerations constantly, so I guess I'm fortunate.)
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Letting go in love can be the very best medicine for ulcerating wounds that refuse all healing.
Dr. Cara Barker: Learning To Love From Afar Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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He persuaded a colleague to perform serial biopsies to document the pathological changes, and he was diagnosed with highly active gastritis, with a dense overlay of bacteria in his stomach and ulcerating craters beneath—precisely what Warren had found in his patients.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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He persuaded a colleague to perform serial biopsies to document the pathological changes, and he was diagnosed with highly active gastritis, with a dense overlay of bacteria in his stomach and ulcerating craters beneath—precisely what Warren had found in his patients.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Letting go in love can be the very best medicine for ulcerating wounds that refuse all healing.
Dr. Cara Barker: Learning To Love From Afar Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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He persuaded a colleague to perform serial biopsies to document the pathological changes, and he was diagnosed with highly active gastritis, with a dense overlay of bacteria in his stomach and ulcerating craters beneath—precisely what Warren had found in his patients.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Over the course of his career, Towne made more than 1,000 models, and the examples on display here include ulcerating syphiloderma of the nose; dissection of the head of a baby; and deteriorated teeth of late congenital syphilis.
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After five years of federal harassment of the high-yield security market that he pioneered, Milken went to jail in 1991 on a tidal wave of journalistic and judicial blindness to what he was doing, aggravated by the ulcerating grip of envy at his success in doing it.
Michael Milkenomics George Gilder 2006
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The sores were anointed with some domestic ointment and got well without ulcerating.
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