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

2 senses of ulceration

Sense 1
ulcer, ulceration -- (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)
       => lesion -- (any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part)

Sense 2
ulceration -- (the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated)
       => organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)