US /ˈmɔːr.məl/ UK /ˈmɔː.məl/
noun Freq #482785

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A bad sore; a gangrene or cancer

    The old medical text described the ulcer as a mormal.

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Forms mormals

Etymology

French mort-mal (“a deadly evil”).

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