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.

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

Traducións

abcès

absceso

ascesso

Abszess

abces

απόστημα

etterbuil

apse

abscesso

ettergezwel

abcesso

abscés

Abszeß

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈæbsɛs/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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