ULCERATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ulcerative mean? 

• ULCERATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ULCERATIVE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characterized by ulceration

  Familiarity information: ULCERATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULCERATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characterized by ulceration

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

ulcerative colitis

Pertainym:

ulceration (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)

Derivation:

ulcerate (affect with an ulcer)

ulcerate (undergo ulceration)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of ulcerative colitis.

(MIR192 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of ulcerative colitis.

(MIR192 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Targeted disruption of a similar gene in mice leads to ulcerative colitis-like disease, which suggests an essential role in the immune response to antigenic stimuli.

(Interleukin-2, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Olsalazine sodium is bioconverted to 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) in the colon by colonic bacteria. 5-ASA has anti-inflammatory activity in ulcerative colitis.

(Olsalazine Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease – collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – are chronic conditions that involve inflammation of the gut.

(New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, University of Cambridge)

A term that refers to raised and dysplastic large intestinal lesions in patients with a history of ulcerative colitis.

(Dysplasia-Associated Lesion or Mass, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually grows in the legs, buttocks, feet, and trunk and usually presents as an ulcerative plaque.

(Eccrine Porocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammatory bowel disease includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease.

(Inflammatory bowel disease, NCI Dictionary)

It may also be used to treat certain other conditions, such as Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.

(Mercaptopurine, NCI Dictionary)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of dysplastic epithelial changes in a large intestinal tissue sample that is affected by ulcerative colitis.

(Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis, NCI Thesaurus)