Associations to the word «Abscess»

Wiktionary

ABSCESS, noun. 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.]
ABSCESS, verb. (intransitive) To form a pus filled cavity typically from an infection.
ABSCESS ROOT, noun. A perennial, blue flowered, herb from the eastern United States, Polemonium reptans.

Dictionary definition

ABSCESS, noun. Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.

Wise words

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