ˈabˌses also -_sə̇s noun
( -es )
Etymology: Latin abscessus, literally, act of going away, from abscessus, past participle of abscedere to go away, from abs- (variant of ab- ab- (I)) + cedere to go — more at cede
: a localized collection of pus surrounded by an area of inflamed tissue in which hyperemia and infiltration of leukocytes is marked