Definitions for ulcerative

ulcerative ul·cer·a·tive

Spelling: [uhl-suh-rey-tiv, -ser-uh-tiv]
IPA: /ˈʌl səˌreɪ tɪv, -sər ə tɪv/

Ulcerative is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 685 anagrams from letters in ulcerative (aceeilrtuv).

Definitions for ulcerative

adjective

  1. causing ulceration.
  2. of the nature of or characterized by ulceration.

Origin of ulcerative

1565-75; Medieval Latin ulcerātīvus, equivalent to Latin ulcerāt(us) (see ulcerate) + -īvus -ive

Examples for ulcerative

Foremost is the irritation of nerve-filaments exposed by the ulcerative process.

In addition to swollen and hypertrophied follicles there may be some evidence of ulcerative destruction of these follicles.

The pancreas, unlike the spleen and the liver, possesses comparative immunity against this invasion by the ulcerative process.

Sometimes several ulcers may be seen on the surface of the swollen patch.19 The ulcerative process is sometimes very rapid.

They constitute the sites of predilection for ulcerative processes of the gut.

My 16-year-old daughter was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.

The source of profuse hemorrhage is in some large vessel eroded by the ulcerative process.

His description of ulcerative cancer of the breast is very striking.

ulcerative pharyngitis is a low form of inflammation present in sore throat, probably dependent upon septicmia.

The ulcerative process is very often extensive and loathsome.

Word Value for ulcerative
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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