Sentences with 'ulcer'
Example sentences and phrases with the word ulcer and other words derived from it.
• « In January he underwent an operation for a peptic ulcer, and afterwards his office staff had to bring him a series of glasses of milk continuously from the factory cafeteria. »
• « An ulcer is an open sore on the skin or mucous membrane that results from the destruction of surface tissue. »
• « Even as Napoleon envisaged the expansion of his empire, most of his best soldiers were trapped in Spain. Napoleon came to refer to the occupation as his "Spanish ulcer", a wound in his empire that would not stop bleeding. »