Phrase guide

peptic ulcer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an ulcer of the mucous membrane lining of the alimentary tract

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peptic ulceration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ulcer, ulceration

Narrower terms: duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: maagsweer — ulcer
  • Albanian: ulçera në stomak — ulcer
  • Arabic: قرحة هضمية — ulcer
  • Armenian: պեպտիկ խոց (peptik xocʻ) — ulcer
  • Azerbaijani: mədə xorası — ulcer
  • Basque: ultzera peptiko — ulcer
  • Bengali: পেপটিক আলসার (pepoṭik alośar) — ulcer
  • Bulgarian: язва (jazva) — ulcer
  • Catalan: úlcera pèptica — ulcer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胃潰瘍 /胃溃疡 (wèikuìyáng) — ulcer
  • Chuvash: хырӑмлӑх ҫӗрни (hyrămlăh śĕrni) — ulcer
  • Czech: peptický vřed — ulcer
  • Czech: žaludeční vřed — ulcer
  • Danish: mavesår — ulcer
  • Dhivehi: ގޮހޮރުގެ ފާރު (gohoruge fāru) — ulcer
  • Dutch: maagzweer — ulcer
  • Finnish: mahahaava — ulcer
  • Finnish: vatsahaava — ulcer
  • French: ulcère peptique — ulcer
  • French: ulcère gastroduodénal — ulcer
  • Georgian: პეპტიკური წყლული (ṗeṗṭiḳuri c̣q̇luli) — ulcer
  • German: Magengeschwür — ulcer
  • Greek: έλκος (élkos) — ulcer
  • Hebrew: כיב פפטי — ulcer
  • Hungarian: gyomorfekély — ulcer
  • Indonesian: tukak lambung — ulcer
  • Irish: othras peipteach — ulcer
  • Italian: ulcera peptica — ulcer
  • Japanese: 消化性潰瘍 (shōkaseikaiyō) — ulcer
  • Korean: 소화성궤양 (sohwaseonggweyang) — ulcer
  • Luxembourgish: Moschwier — ulcer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: magesår — ulcer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: magesår — ulcer
  • Persian: زخم گوارشی — ulcer
  • Polish: choroba wrzodowa — ulcer
  • Portuguese: úlcera péptica — ulcer
  • Romanian: ulcer gastroduodenal — ulcer
  • Russian: я́зва желу́дка (jázva želúdka) — ulcer
  • Slovak: peptický vred — ulcer
  • Slovene: peptična razjeda — ulcer
  • Spanish: úlcera péptica — ulcer
  • Swedish: magsår — ulcer
  • Tamil: வயிற்றுப் புண் (vayiṟṟup puṇ) — ulcer
  • Telugu: కడుపులో పుండు (kaḍupulō puṇḍu) — ulcer
  • Thai: โรคแผลเปื่อยเพปติก — ulcer
  • Turkish: peptik ülser — ulcer
  • Ukrainian: пептична виразка (peptyčna vyrazka) — ulcer