n :  a painful ulcer affecting all layers of the bladder wall and usu. associated with inflammation of the wall
 
Hunner, Guy Leroy (1868-1957), American gynecologist. For virtually all of his career Hunner was associated with Johns Hopkins. He made important studies of sterility. In a 1932 article on the treatment of interstitial cystitis he described the lesion now known as Hunner's ulcer.
 
 
 
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