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Definition

Marjolin ulcer

(mar'jŏ-lĭn, mar-zhō-len' )

[John Nicholas Marjolin, Fr. physician, 1780–1850]

A carcinoma that grows at the site of a chronic wound, e.g., a nonhealing scar or burn. The tumor is most often a squamous cell carcinoma and often metastasizes.