Ulcer vs. Wound

Ulcernoun

(pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

Ulcernoun

(pathology) Peptic ulcer.

Ulcernoun

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Ulcernoun

A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.

Ulcernoun

Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Ulcerverb

To ulcerate.

Ulcernoun

a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

Ulcer

An ulcer is a discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impedes normal function of the affected organ. According to Robins's pathology, Common forms of ulcers recognized in medicine include: Ulcer (dermatology), a discontinuity of the skin or a break in the skin.

Woundnoun

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

Woundnoun

(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

Woundnoun

An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

Woundverb

(transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

Woundverb

(transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).

Woundverb

simple past tense and past participle of wind

Wound

imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.

Woundnoun

A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like.

Woundnoun

Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.

Woundnoun

An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity.

Woundverb

To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.

Woundverb

To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.

Woundnoun

any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision

Woundnoun

a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

Woundnoun

a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride);

Woundnoun

the act of inflicting a wound

Woundverb

cause injuries or bodily harm to

Woundverb

hurt the feelings of;

Woundadjective

put in a coil

Wound

A wound is a type of injury which happens relatively quickly in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the epidermis of the skin.