Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Diseased with an abscess or with abscesses.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
abscess .
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- adjective infected and filled with pus
Etymologies
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Examples
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The staph infection was related to the blood infection, which abscessed, which is how
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The staph infection was related to the blood infection, which abscessed, which is how
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The staph infection was related to the blood infection, which abscessed, which is how
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The staph infection was related to the blood infection, which abscessed, which is how
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He has said he underwent an initial surgery 11 June to have a pelvic abscess removed, and doctors determined a subsequent operation was needed to remove a cancerous "abscessed tumour" from his pelvic region.
Fidel Castro describes Hugo Chávez's recovery as 'impressive' 2011
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Mantle, who finished with 54 home runs, spent the end of the season in the hospital with an abscessed hip; Maris broke the record on the last day of the 162-game season, eight games more than Ruth had in 1927.
The Case Against Roger Maris* Allen Barra 2011
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I had an abscessed tooth last month, and it wasn't a joke; it was agony.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 22: Rerun Island: Small Minds and Giant Jesus. Tallulah Morehead 2011
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My college roommate went to the local emergency room with a bad pain in his side, was given codeine to kill the pain, and almost died from his abscessed appendix.
Health Care, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I had an abscessed tooth last month, and it wasn't a joke; it was agony.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 22: Rerun Island: Small Minds and Giant Jesus. Tallulah Morehead 2011
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A series of tests "confirmed the presence of an abscessed tumor with the presence of cancerous cells, which made necessary a second operation that allowed for the complete extraction of the tumor," he said.
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