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abscess

ab·scess [ ˈab-ˌses]

abscess

noun

[ˈab-ˌses]

plural abscesses\ ˈab-ˌse-səz , -ˌsēz ; -sə-səz \

Definition of abscess

: a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

Other Words from abscess

abscessed \ ˈab-ˌsest \ adjective

an abscessed tooth [=an infected tooth that has caused an abscess in the gum]

Recent Examples on the Web

//The department confiscated the bear two days later, and State Veterinarian Dr. Mark Drew has treated the animal for an abscess, infection, abrasions and dehydration.
— USA TODAY, "Guitar hotel, creepy dolls, slime museum: News from around our 50 states," 25 Oct. 2019
//Amit Chandra, emergency chief at the midtown campus, said complaints range from an underlying cavity to facial abscess.
— Juliana Kim, Washington Post, "Md. dental program for poor pays to remove teeth — but not replace them," 24 Aug. 2019
//What has become the default version, in which hell will endure forever as an abscess of unredeemed evil in a cosmos otherwise perfected and glorified, may be flatter than a close reading of the Greek can support.
— Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, "The Eternal Debate over the Nature of Hell," 12 Sep. 2019
//The state moved to offer dental care for children on Medicaid after the death in 2007 of Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old Prince George’s County boy who died when the infection from an untreated tooth abscess spread to his brain.
— Juliana Kim, baltimoresun.com, "Maryland’s new dental insurance program for low-income residents pays to remove teeth — but not replace them," 22 Aug. 2019
//Staph skin infections can also lead to abscesses, according to the Merck Manual, which are basically warm little pockets of pus that lie underneath the skin.
— Korin Miller, SELF, "5 Belly Button Infections You Can Get (and What to Do If You Have One)," 23 Feb. 2019
//Wisconsin hospitals saw 37,446 patients — an average of 720 a week — in their emergency departments for preventable dental conditions, such as abscesses, in 2017.
— Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Using dental therapists in Wisconsin draws broad support, but Wisconsin Dental Association opposed," 21 Aug. 2019
//He has been treated for deep-vein thrombosis, hepatitis C and skin abscesses.
— Allison Mccann, New York Times, "As Scotland’s ‘Trainspotting’ Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up," 7 Aug. 2019
//The board also said in its order that records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed the clinic contacted the CDC on November 5, 2018, and reported that 16 patients had abscess nodules nearly a month after receiving the flu shot.
— Rebekah Riess And Hollie Silverman, CNN, "Kentucky doctor reprimanded after his wife improperly handled flu vaccines and wrote prescriptions under his name," 23 July 2019

First Known Use of abscess

1574, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for abscess

borrowed from Latin abscessus "departure, withdrawal, congestion, abscess," from abscēdere "to go away, withdraw, form an abscess" (from abs-, variant of ab- ab- before c- and t- + cēdere "to go, withdraw, move away") + -tus, suffix of verbal nouns — more at cede