Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun peptic_ulcer

1 sense of peptic ulcer

Sense 1
peptic ulcer, peptic ulceration -- (an ulcer of the mucous membrane lining of the alimentary tract)
       => ulcer, ulceration -- (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)