ABSCESS


Meaning of ABSCESS in English

■ noun a swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus.

Derivatives

~ed adjective

Origin

C16: from L. ~us , from abscedere , from ab- 'away from' + cedere 'go'.

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