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Etymology[]
From Latin abscessus (“‘a going away; gathering of humors, abscess’”), from abscēdō (“‘go away, depart’”), from abs (“‘from, away from’”) + cēdō (“‘go away from, depart; withdraw’”). See cede.
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Noun[]
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Abscess (abscess)
- (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.
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- cold abscess
Related terms[]
- boil
- carbuncle
- pustule
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cavity filled with pus
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Verb[]
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to Abscess (third-person singular simple present abscess, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- (intransitive) To form such a collection of pus.
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to form an abscess
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