Abscess

Noun

 * 1)  A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.

Adjectives for Abscess
hidden; internal; monstrous; fatal; pestilent; cankerous; gnawing; tentacle-like.

Verbs for Abscess
confine -; develop into -; drain -; dress -; evacuate -; exude from -; give rise to -; incise -; inflame -; irritate -; lance -; poultice -; swab out -; - arises; - attains size; -becomes embedded; - bulges; - bursts; - destroys; - develops; - discharges; - forms; - grows; - infiltrates; - inflames; - occurs; - opens; - re-forms; - ruptures; - spreads; - swells.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From abscessus:, from abscedo:, from abs: + cedo:. See cede.

Derived terms

 * cold abscess

Related terms

 * boil
 * carbuncle
 * pustule

Translations

 * Bulgarian: абсцес, цирей
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: abces, etterbuil
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: Abszess, Eiterbeule
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, kelés
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: abscesso
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 膿瘍 (nōyō); はれもの (haremono)
 * Korean: 농양 (nongyang)
 * Maltese:
 * Mandarin Chinese: 膿腫, 脓肿 (nóng zhǒng)
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid
 * Spanish: absceso, flemón
 * Swedish: abscess
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: Áp-xe

Verb

 * 1)  To form such a collection of pus.

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * French:

Noun

 * 1) an abscess

Synonyms

 * böld