exulceratio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

exulcĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [exulcero], a soreness, festering, exulceration (post-Aug.).

I Lit.: si nulla exulceratio est, Cels. 4, 22.—In plur.: vesicarum, Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17.—*

II Trop.: verebar, ne haec non consolatio sed exulceratio esset, i. e. exasperation , aggravation of pain, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 1, 4.