abscess

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.

Verb

To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.

Conceptos

absceso

flemón

abceso

flemon

postema

apostema

Sinónimos

boil

ulcer

sore

swelling

tumour

pustule

carbuncle

pimple

tumor

canker

rash

blister

growth

wound

blain

furuncle

scab

whelp

abscessus

e.g.

acne

imposthume

shrinkage cavity

gas cavity

air bubble

shrinkage void

alveolar

bleb

bubble

cut

draw

empyema

eruption

fester

gall

inflammation

maturate

pock

purulence

purulent

skin disease

vesicle

Traducciones

abcès

Abszess

ascesso

απόστημα

abces

apse

etterbuil

abscesso

ettergezwel

abcesso

abscés

Abszeß

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈæbsɛs/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede.