Relating to or causing the formation of ulcers or open sores.
Derived from exulceration with the suffix -ive (having the quality of). This adjectival form emerged in medical English to describe processes or substances that produce ulceration.
Medical adjectives like this one show how doctors create precise language to describe harmful effects — an 'exulcerative' disease doesn't just hurt, it specifically creates open wounds by breaking down tissue layer by layer.
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