Meanings
nounpeptic ulcer (plural peptic ulcers)
plural peptic ulcers
- medicineAn ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan ulcer of the mucous membrane lining of the alimentary tract
Similar
peptic ulceration
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans maagsweer
- maagsweerulcer
Arabic قرحة هضمية
- قرحة هضميةulcer
Basque ultzera peptiko
- ultzera peptikoulcer
Bengali পেপটিক আলসার
- পেপটিক আলসার (pepoṭik alośar)ulcer
Bulgarian язва
- язва (jazva)ulcer
Catalan úlcera pèptica
- úlcera pèpticaulcer
Chinese Mandarin 胃潰瘍 /胃溃疡
- 胃潰瘍 /胃溃疡 (wèikuìyáng)ulcer
Czech peptický vřed, žaludeční vřed
- peptický vředulcer
- žaludeční vředulcer
Danish mavesår
- mavesårulcer
Dutch maagzweer
- maagzweerulcer
Finnish mahahaava, vatsahaava
- mahahaavaulcer
- vatsahaavaulcer
French ulcère peptique, ulcère gastroduodénal
- ulcère peptiqueulcer
- ulcère gastroduodénalulcer
German Magengeschwür
- Magengeschwürulcer
Greek έλκος
- έλκος (élkos)ulcer
Hebrew כיב פפטי
- כיב פפטיulcer
Hungarian gyomorfekély
- gyomorfekélyulcer
Indonesian tukak lambung
- tukak lambungulcer
Irish othras peipteach
- othras peipteachulcer
Italian ulcera peptica
- ulcera pepticaulcer
Japanese 消化性潰瘍
- 消化性潰瘍 (shōkaseikaiyō)ulcer
Korean 소화성궤양
- 소화성궤양 (sohwaseonggweyang)ulcer
Norwegian Bokmål magesår
- magesårulcer
Persian زخم گوارشی
- زخم گوارشیulcer
Polish choroba wrzodowa
- choroba wrzodowaulcer
Portuguese úlcera péptica
- úlcera pépticaulcer
Romanian ulcer gastroduodenal
- ulcer gastroduodenalulcer
Russian я́зва желу́дка
- я́зва желу́дка (jázva želúdka)ulcer
Slovak peptický vred
- peptický vredulcer
Spanish úlcera péptica
- úlcera pépticaulcer
Swedish magsår
- magsårulcer
Tamil வயிற்றுப் புண்
- வயிற்றுப் புண் (vayiṟṟup puṇ)ulcer
Thai โรคแผลเปื่อยเพปติก
- โรคแผลเปื่อยเพปติกulcer
Turkish peptik ülser
- peptik ülserulcer
Ukrainian пептична виразка
- пептична виразка (peptyčna vyrazka)ulcer
Cite this entry
APA
peptic ulcer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peptic%20ulcer
MLA
“peptic ulcer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peptic%20ulcer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peptic ulcer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peptic%20ulcer.
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