As verbs the difference between fester and ulcerate
is that
fester is to become septic; to become rotten while
ulcerate is (medicine|transitive) to cause an ulcer to develop.
As an adjective ulcerate is
(palynology|of a pollen grain) having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
fester English
Verb
( en verb)
To become septic; to become rotten.
* Milton
- Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
- Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
* Macaulay
- Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
To cause to fester or rankle.
* Marston
- For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.
Anagrams
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ulcerate English
Adjective
( en adjective)
(palynology, of a pollen grain) Having an ulcus, a rounded pore-like aperture, at one or both poles.
Derived terms
* monoulcerate
Verb
( ulcerat)
(medicine) To cause an ulcer to develop.
- The surface was ulcerated by trauma.
(medicine) To become ulcerous.
- The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.
Derived terms
* ulceration
* ulcerative
* ulcerative colitis
* ulcerative gingivitis
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