ulcus.
ulcer, sore;
Meaning & usage
sore, ulcer, wound
Where this word comes from
From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”), from the root *h₁elḱ-; compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), English ill. Sanskrit अर्श॑स् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”).
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