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SORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An open skin infection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sore" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sore"):
blain (an inflammatory swelling or sore)
chancre (a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis))
fester; suppurating sore (a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus)
gall (a skin sore caused by chafing)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roused to anger
Example:
sore over a remark
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
angry (feeling or showing anger)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
soreness (an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hurting
Example:
the tender spot on his jaw
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
painful (causing physical or psychological pain)
Derivation:
soreness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Causing misery or pain or distress
Example:
the painful process of growing up
Synonyms:
afflictive; painful; sore
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unpleasant (offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness)
Derivation:
soreness (an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress)
Context examples:
Palifermin is used to prevent and treat oral mucositis (mouth sores) caused by high-dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy in leukemia and lymphoma.
(Palifermin, NCI Dictionary)
If you have it, your immune system attacks healthy cells in your skin and mouth, causing blisters and sores.
(Pemphigus, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
But, mate, my heart is sore for Christian diet.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Often seen as sores in the mouth.
(Mucositis, NCI Dictionary)
I was stiff and sore from head to foot, but there was no limb which would not move, no joint which would not bend.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A question about an individual's mouth or throat sores at its worst.
(Mouth or Throat Sores at its Worst, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; have you ever had an open sore on your foot?
(MNSI - Open Sore on Foot, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include sore throat, cough, swallowing difficulties, and hoarseness.
(Acute Laryngitis, NCI Thesaurus)
They freeze their cheeks a little bit, so that the skin turns black and is very sore.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
There is no cure for infection with HSV-1 and HSV2, viruses that can cause recurrent outbreaks of cold sores and genital sores in humans.
(Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs, National Institutes of Health)
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