Ulcer vs Cancer - What's the difference?
ulcer | cancer |
(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.
(pathology) peptic ulcer
(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
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As nouns the difference between ulcer and cancer
is that ulcer is (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 while cancer is cancer.ulcer
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(wikipedia ulcer)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* ulcerate * ulceration * ulcerative * ulcerous * ulcerously * ulcerousnessAnagrams
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* (wikipedia "cancer")Noun
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