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Definition for: "abscess" 
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 "Abscess" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48"
Abscess \Ab"scess\ ([a^]b"s[e^]s), n.; pl. {Abscesses}
   ([a^]b"s[e^]s*[e^]z). [L. abscessus a going away, gathering
   of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of absedere to go
   away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. See {Cede}.] (Med.)
   A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ
   of the body caused by infection.
   [1913 Webster + AS]
   {Cold abscess},
   (a) an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain
       and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and
       lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards
       healing; a chronic abscess. AS
   (b) an abscess produced by tubercle bacilli, called also
       {tuberculous abscess}. --AS
       [1913 Webster + AS]

 "abscess" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
abscess
     n : symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus
         surrounded by inflamed tissue

 "abscess" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "abscess":
   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



 "abscess" eng-afr "English-Africaan Freedict Dictionary"
abscess
     abses

 "abscess" eng-ara "English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary"
Abscess
الدّمّل


 "abscess" eng-cro "English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary"
abscess
abces, čir


 "abscess" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abscess 
[med.] absces


 "abscess" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abscess 
hlíza


 "abscess" eng-deu "English-German Freedict dictionary"
abscess [æbses]
     Abszess

 "abscess" eng-fra "English-French Freedict Dictionary"
abscess
	[æbses]
	abcès


 "abscess" eng-hin "English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary"
abscess 
1. फोड़ा
     "My nephew is suffering from abscess of the gums."


 "abscess" eng-hun "English-Hungarian Freedict Dictionary"
abscess
kelés
tályog


 "abscess" eng-ita "English-Italian Freedict dictionary"
abscess
     ascesso

 "abscess" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abscess
     abscesso, apostema

 "abscess" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abscess
     abscesso, apostema

 "abscess" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abscess [æbses]
     abscesso, apostema

 "abscess" eng-por "English-Portugese Freedict dictionary"
abscess
     abscesso, apostema

 "abscess" eng-rus "English-Russian Freedict dictionary"
abscess
     абсцесс

 "abscess" eng-rus "English-Russian Freedict dictionary"
abscess [æbses]
     абсцесс

 "abscess" eng-spa "English-Spanish Freedict dictionary"
abscess [æbses]
     absceso

 "abscess" eng-tur "English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary"
abscess
1. (tıb.) çıban, apse, cerahat kesesi.