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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abscess \Ab"scess\, n.; 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 1.6 [wn]:
abscess
n : localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
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