How to Use ulcer in a Sentence
ulcer
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As without the usual hang-ups of Type As- the ulcers, the outbursts, and all the rest.
— Peter Maass, WIRED, 1 Sep. 1997 -
Some may get ulcers , blisters, or black spots on the skin.
— Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 11 May 2018 -
The ulcer that troubled him in recent months is part of it.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2022 -
The first showed a gaping red ulcer on a patient’s foot.
— Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 14 Dec. 2017 -
Watch the ulcers in the opposite dugout form by leaning on those elite wheels.
— Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 May 2018 -
Fahrenheit as well as a skin ulcer (open sore or wound) at the site of the bite which may be very painful, says Dr. Marcos.
— Lauren Krouse, Health.com, 18 May 2021 -
Some have lost limbs when the ulcers are not handled by wound care experts.
— The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2023 -
And there are side effects to this drug: bleeding ulcers, the risk of heart attacks or stroke.
— Paul Theroux, Town & Country, 17 June 2013 -
People were given parts of the kukui plant as a laxative, and the nut was used to help heal ulcers and sores.
— Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023 -
Some people get ulcers, blisters or black spots on the skin.
— Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 6 Mar. 2018 -
About 12% of corneal transplants in the United States are due to ulcers, the Cleveland Clinic says.
— Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023 -
That leads to stress, ulcers, yelling and car accidents.
— Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2018 -
Its leaves and bark are used to treat wounds, ulcers, burns and skin infections, Quave said.
— Lena H. Sun, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2017 -
These factors contribute to ulcers that grow and refuse to heal.
— Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 28 Dec. 2017 -
Too much damage to the stomach lining may cause an ulcer.
— Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Joseph Pierre, 61, has been sick for four years and has pressure ulcers on his skin, his daughter explains.
— Rosa Flores and Holly Yan, CNN, 18 Sep. 2019 -
The ulcer healed, leaving a scar similar to others on his body.
— Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022 -
The finding led to the current routine treatment of ulcers with a round of antibiotics.
— Alan Mozes, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018 -
The prescription drug is used to treat acid reflux and stomach ulcers.
— Gwen Filosa, miamiherald, 21 May 2018 -
The girl was stricken with a Buruli ulcer on her knee in April and is still recovering.
— Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2017 -
The peptic ulcer was a sign of a bigger problem, a recurring one.
— Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Bucking years of belief that ulcers were caused by stress, Marshall set out to prove otherwise in the 1980s.
— Alan Mozes, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018 -
Paget disease of the breast is a rare condition that can cause an ulcer to form on the nipple, which may extend to the areola.
— Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 4 Feb. 2023 -
Working your brown-and-gold gut into an ulcer at this point is akin to grading a class during the first week of the semester.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023 -
Some women will conscript an older relative to fake an ulcer and ask for it over the counter.
— Sarah Parvini, latimes.com, 29 Oct. 2017 -
Some people also get ulcers, blisters and black spots on their skin.
— William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2018 -
To top it off, Jeff gets a text from his friend saying DiCarlo had surgery for an ulcer— no colostomy bag.
— Sarah Nechamkin, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2024 -
Brown recluse spider: When bitten, there is delayed pain and an ulcer on the skin from necrotic poison that takes a while to heal.
— Angel Biasatti, star-telegram.com, 27 June 2017 -
Misoprostol on its own is approved, as well, to prevent stomach ulcers.
— Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024 -
Further testing revealed ulcers throughout my small intestine, and I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in my late 30s.
— Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2024
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