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tropical ulcer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
trop-i-cal ul-cer
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chronic ulcerative skin lesion, common in tropical climates, thought to be caused by polymicrobial infection by various microorganisms, including mycobacteria.

Countable; Uncountable

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Usage

Inflected Forms

tropical ulcers (plural)

Synonyms

jungle rot

Questions

What does tropical ulcer mean?
A chronic ulcerative skin lesion, common in tropical climates, thought to be caused by polymicrobial infection by various microorganisms, including mycobacteria.

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