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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abscess
noun: symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
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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