Associations to the word «Abscess»

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.

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