 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abscess
noun: symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus
surrounded by inflamed tissue
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abscess \Ab"scess\, noun; pl. {Abscesses}. [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, the result of a morbid process.
{Cold abscess}, 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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