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Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.

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ulceration

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1. The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.

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There remained a superficial ulceration of the size of half- a- crown. - "An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers", John Higginbottom.
Ulceration of the bowels has taken place, emaciation becomes extreme, and the child often sinks at the end of several weeks, worn out by suffering; while recovery, doubtful at the best, is always very slow. - "The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases", Charles West, M.D..
The hospital mates unbandaged Spicer's leg, and took off the poultices, and I was horrified when I saw the state which his leg was in: one mass of ulceration from the middle of the thigh down to half- way below his knee, and his ankle and foot swelled twice their size, a similar inflammation extending up to his hip. - "Poor Jack", Frederick Marryat.

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