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Abscess

Abscess Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abscess? [n] symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abscess: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abscess: ague \| anemia \| ankylosis \| anoxia \| apnea \| aposteme \| asphyxiation \| asthma \| ataxia \| atrophy \| backache \| bed sore \| blain \| bleb \| bleeding \| blennorhea \| blister \| blotch \| boil \| bubo \| bulla \| bunion \| cachexia \| cachexy \| canker \| canker sore \| carbuncle \| chancre \| chancroid \| chilblain \| chill \| chills \| cold sore \| colic \| constipation \| convulsion \| coughing \| cyanosis \| diarrhea \| dizziness \| dropsy \| dysentery \| dyspepsia \| dyspnea \| edema \| emaciation \| eschar \| fainting \| fatigue \| felon \| fester \| festering \| fever \| fever blister \| fibrillation \| fistula \| flux \| furuncle \| furunculus \| gathering \| growth \| gumboil \| hemorrhage \| hemorrhoids \| high blood pressure \| hydrops \| hypertension \| hypotension \| icterus \| indigestion \| inflammation \| insomnia \| itching \| jaundice \| kibe \| labored breathing \| lesion \| low blood pressure \| lumbago \| marasmus \| nasal discharge \| nausea \| necrosis \| pain \| papula \| papule \| paralysis \| paronychia \| parulis \| petechia \| piles \| pimple \| pock \| polyp \| pruritus \| pustule \| rash \| rheum \| rising \| scab \| sclerosis \| seizure \| shock \| skin eruption \| sneezing \| soft chancre \| sore \| spasm \| stigma \| sty \| suppuration \| swelling \| tabes \| tachycardia \| trauma \| tubercle \| tumor \| ulcer \| ulceration \| upset stomach \| vertigo \| vomiting \| wale \| wasting \| welt \| wheal \| whelk \| whitlow \| wound See Also \| abscessed tooth \| head \| purulence \| purulency \| symptom Abscess In Webster's Dictionary \Ab"scess\, n.; pl. {Abscesses}. [L. abscessus a going away, gathering of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of absedere to go away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. See {Cede}.] (Med.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process. {Cold abscess}, 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.

Abscess Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abscess?

[n] symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

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Abscess In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab"scess\, n.; pl. {Abscesses}. [L. abscessus a going
away, gathering of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of
absedere to go away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. See
{Cede}.] (Med.)
A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ
of the body, the result of a morbid process.

{Cold abscess}, 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.

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