ulcer #2
イギリス社交界の名士として知られていたタラ・パーマー・トムキンソンさんが亡くなりました。45歳でした。
見出しの中で気になった単語は"ulcer"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』(三省堂)には，「潰瘍, (道徳的) 汚点; 弊害, 病根」などという意味がありました。Oxford Dictionaries.comには"An open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane which fails to heal. Ulcers range from small, painful sores in the mouth to bedsores and serious lesions of the stomach or intestine"と定義されております。トムキンソンさんは，1990年代以降，優雅なライフスタイルで一世を風靡していたようです。（Ume）
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson 'died due to ulcer'
Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson died due to a perforated ulcer and did not have a brain tumour, her sister said.
Author Santa Montefiore posted a series of tweets thanking people for their support following Ms Palmer-Tomkinson's death at the age of 45.
She was found dead at her flat in South Kensington last week.
Ms Montefiore said a coroner found Ms Palmer-Tomkinson had died of "natural causes" and "did not have a brain tumour".
She said: "Tara's good friends & family know that she was in high spirits in her last days. She had plans, trips & had written a moving new song."
Ms Montefiore said there would be a full statement from the family "later today".
Ms Palmer-Tomkinson rose to fame in the 1990s as a hard-partying "It girl". She received treatment in 2016 for a non-malignant brain tumour.
