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abscesses |
1 definition found 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.
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