reulceratev.
/ˌriːˈʌlsəreɪt/, U.S. /ˌriˈəlsəˌreɪt/ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] > again
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > stir up or rouse up > again
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > exacerbate suffering [verb (transitive)] > again
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1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 32 Their falles and faultes should not be reulcerated nor reuiued after death.
1621 F. Quarles Hadassa xix. sig. M4 Lest the gaulled Persians should..re-vlcerate In after-times, their former misery.
1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies i. 12 Evills, which my offended God Reulcerates, with his enraged Rod.
2. intransitive. Medicine. To ulcerate again.
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1822 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 18 584 Ulcers which are treated on the simple method, do not appear so much disposed to cicatrize with induration..or, when healed, to re-ulcerate.
1896 H. R. Crocker in T. L. Stedman 20th Cent. Pract. V. 462 Some cases show a seasonal recurrence, healing in winter and reulcerating in the summer.
1921 F. T. Stewart Man. Surg. (ed. 5) xiv. 251 The scar resulting from the healing of a lupoid ulcer is puckered, yellowish,and possesses but little vitality, reulcerating on the slightest provocation.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lxxxii. 423 These protuberant, ulcerative lesions can spread to affect the glossopalatine arches and pharyngeal walls, with the result that this tissue cracks and reulcerates when the mouth is opened.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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