ulcer
noun/ˈʌlsər/
Frequency rank: #12,722 most common English word
Meaning
a painful sore or open wound on the skin or inside the body, especially in the stomach lining.
Example sentence
The doctor warned him that stress could make his stomach ulcer much worse.
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