c. 1400, from Latin ulcerationem (nominative ulceratio), noun of action from past participle stem of ulcerare "to make sore," from stem of ulcus (see ulcer).
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ulcer n.
c. 1400, from Old French ulcere, from Vulgar Latin *ulcerem, from Latin ulcus (genitive ulceris) "ulcer, a sore," figuratively "painful subject," from PIE *elk-es- "wound" (source also of Greek elkos "a wound, sore, ulcer," Sanskrit Related: arsah "hemorrhoids").