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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

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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. (more info) gathering of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of absedere to go

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABSCESS)

• Sore Pustule
• abscess
• ulcer

Related words: (words related to ABSCESS)

• ULCER
  A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It
• ULCERATION
  The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.
• ABSCESS
  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
• PUSTULE
  A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus. Malignant pustule. See under Malignant.
• ABSCESSION
  A separating; removal; also, an abscess. Gauden. Barrough.
• ULCERATED
  Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.
• ULCERATIVE
  Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.
• ULCERABLE
  Capable of ulcerating.
• ULCERATE
  To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
• ULCERED
  Ulcerous; ulcerated.
• ULCEROUS
  1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter. R. Browning. 2. Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak. -- Ul"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Ul"cer*ous*ness, n.
• ADEN ULCER
  A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific microörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.
• EXULCERATION
  1. Ulceration. Quincy. 2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.
• EXULCERATORY
  Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.
• EXULCERATIVE
  Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.
• EXULCERATE
  1. To ulcerate. "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn. 2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker.