canker

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To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots but also birds of prey caused by Trichomonas gallinae
To infect or pollute; to corrupt
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys
To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous
A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog rose
A plant disease marked by gradual decay
To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral
{n} a disease in plants, an eating sore
{v} to grow corrupt, rust, corrode, pollute
a necrotic, often sunken lesion on a stem, branch, or twig of a plant
Canker is a disease which affects the wood of shrubs and trees, making the outer layer come away to expose the inside of the stem. In gardens, cankers are most prominent on apples and pear trees
A canker is something evil that spreads and affects things or people. the canker of jealousy
{f} destroy, cause decay; injure
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horses foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush
The briar or dog-rose “Put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, And plant this thorn, this canker, Bolingbroke ” Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV , i 3 Cannæ The place where Hannibal defeated the Romans under L Æmilius Paulus Any fatal battle that is the turning point of a great general's prosperity is called his Cannæ Thus, we say, “Moscow was the Cannæ of Napoleon Bonaparte ”
a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma
{i} sore; plant disease; rot, decay
an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) infect with a canker become infected with a canker
Abnormal, vegetative growth of the frog May also affect the sole Caused by infection and the exposure of the hooves to harsh ammonia compounds Effective treatment and prevention must include moving the horse to a clean, dry environment a k a: Hoof cancer
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy
infect with a canker
A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off
become infected with a canker
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; usually resulting from neglected thrush
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth. -- called also
A localized area of dead tissue in a plant
an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp
A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose
a disease symptom on woody stems or trunks Resembles an open break or wound and often persists from year to year
A severe, destructive, eroding ulcer of the cheek and lip It commonly followed one of the eruptive fevers and was often fatal
canker sore
An ulcer in the mouth, called an aphthous ulcer, caused by a break in the mucous membrane
canker sores
plural form of canker sore
canker sore
(Tıp, İlaç) An aphthous ulcer or canker sore is a type of mouth ulcer which presents as a painful open sore inside the mouth, caused by a break in the mucous membrane. The condition is also known as aphthous stomatitis, and alternatively as "Sutton's Disease," especially in the case of multiple or recurring ulcers
canker sore
A small, painful ulcer or sore, usually of the mouth
canker bloom
The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose
canker blossom
That which blasts a blossom as a canker does
canker fly
A fly that preys on fruit
canker rash
A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat
canker sore
small ulcer located in the mouth
cankerous
Infected with canker; ulcerous
cankerous
Causing canker; ulcerating
To canker
encanker
blight canker
a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear
cankered
Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured
cankered
Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth
cankered
past of canker
cankered
{s} corrupted from a moral point of view; decayed, destroyed; ulcerated
cankering
present participle of canker
cankerous
Affecting like a canker
cankerous
{s} corrosive, cancerous
cankerous
having an ulcer or canker
cankers
plural of canker
cankers
third-person singular of canker
citrus canker
A destructive bacterial disease of citrus plants that attacks seedlings and mature plants and causes defoliation and death
water canker
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