Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A localized collection of pus in part of the body, formed by tissue disintegration and surrounded by an inflamed area.
- intransitive verb To form an abscess.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a collection of pus in the tissues of any part of the body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.
- noun an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To form a
pus filled cavity typically from an infection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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An abscess may form between the vertebræ and the wall of the pharynx -- _retro-pharyngeal abscess_ -- the pus accumulating between the diseased bones and the prevertebral layer of the cervical fascia.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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DESCRIPTION: The term abscess is a general one used for a localized inflammation and accumulation of yellow, white, or green pus.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Along with those possibilities, I would allow “brain abscess” as not implausible.
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Along with those possibilities, I would allow “brain abscess” as not implausible.
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However, brain abscess as a complication of stroke has never been reported.
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An abscess is a collection of infected fluid (pus).
Abscess Drainage 2010
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A doctor consulted by the committee says he never saw such a reaction from a B-12 shot and that an abscess is "more compatible with Winstrol injection."
Experts sort out conflicting statements at Clemens hearing 2008
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Now let it be said that nothing that results in a pelvic abscess is going to heal quickly.
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A doctor consulted by the committee says he never saw such a reaction from a B-12 shot and that an abscess is "more compatible with Winstrol injection."
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Now let it be said that nothing that results in a pelvic abscess is going to heal quickly.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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