abscess

English

Etymology

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæbˌsɛs/, /ˈæbˌsɪs/
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Noun

abscess (plural abscesses)

  1. (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]

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Verb

abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed)

  1. (intransitive) To form a pus filled cavity typically from an infection.

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References

  1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 8

Swedish

Noun

abscess c

  1. (pathology) abscess

Declension

Declension of abscess 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative abscess abscessen abscesser abscesserna
Genitive abscess abscessens abscessers abscessernas

Synonyms

  • böld
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