ulcus

English

Etymology

From Latin ulcus (“sore”). Doublet of ulcer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌlkəs/

Noun

ulcus (plural ulcera)

1. (palynology) A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain.
2. (pathology) Synonym of ulcer.
   • 1916, Ophthalmology: Essays, Abstracts and Reviews, volume 12, page 150:

     He also likes the vapor-cauterization of Wesseli (100° C.), which does not produce an action at a distance. It also helps for deep scrophulous ulcera.

   • 1954, Jules Samuels, Endogenous Endocrinotherapy, Including the Causal Cure of Cancer: Compendium, Amsterdam: N.V. Cycloscoop, page 316:

     By the observations and experiments of numbers of clinicians and investigators it has become certain now that the central brain, particularly the hypothalamus, is of great importance for the origin of erosions and ulcera of the stomach.

   • 1957, Experimental Medicine and Surgery, New York: Brooklyn Medical Press, page 163:

     V. E., ♀.born 1920 (File Nr. 27, 26 October to 8 January 1954). Gastrectomy in March 1953 because of multiple ulcera of the stomach.

   • 1988, Peter Langer, The Mammalian Herbivore Stomach: Comparative Anatomy, Function, and Evolution, Gustav Fischer Verlag, →ISBN, page 408:

     More than 80% of all ulcera of the stomach in humans can be found along the lesser curvature (Haftner, 1965; Kommerell & Reiferscheid, 1979) and HCI and pepsin are supposed to be related to the aetiology of the ulcera.

Derived terms

• ulcerate
• ulculus
• ulcus molle

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”), from the root *h₁elḱ-; compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Old Norse illr (“bad, sick”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.kus/, [ˈʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.kus/, [ˈulkus]

Noun

ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension

1. sore, ulcer, wound

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	ulcus	ulcera
genitive	ulceris	ulcerum
dative	ulcerī	ulceribus
accusative	ulcus	ulcera
ablative	ulcere	ulceribus
vocative	ulcus	ulcera

Descendants

• → Catalan: úlcera
• → English: ulcus
• Galician: úcera
• Italian: ulcera
• Old French: ulcere
  • Middle French: ulcere
    • French: ulcère
      • → Persian: اولسر (ulser)
      • → Romanian: ulcer
      • → Turkish: ülser
    • → English: ulcer
• Spanish: úlcera
• Portuguese: úlcera

See also

• vulnus
• ulcus cruris

References

• “ulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ulcus or French ulcus.

Noun

ulcus n (plural ulcuse)

1. sore, ulcer, wound

Declension

Declension of ulcus

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ulcus	ulcusul	(niște) ulcuse	ulcusele
genitive/dative	(unui) ulcus	ulcusului	(unor) ulcuse	ulcuselor
vocative	ulcusule		ulcuselor