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abscess definition

ab·scess (ab′ses′)

noun

a swollen, inflamed area in body tissues, in which pus gathers

Etymology: L abscessus < abscedere, to go from < ab(s)-, from + cedere, to go: from the notion that humors go from the body into the swelling

intransitive verb

to form an abscess

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