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| ab·scess [ áb sèss ] |
noun (plural ab·scess·es) |
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pus-filled cavity: a pus-filled cavity resulting from inflammation and usually caused by bacterial infection
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intransitive verb (past and past participle ab·scessed, present participle ab·scess·ing, 3rd person present singular ab·scess·es) |
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form abscess: to form an abscess or be the site where one develops
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| [Mid-16th century. < Latin abscessus< abscedere "go away" (referring to bodily humors going away in the pus) < cedere "go"] |
