3 definitions
for Abscess
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Abscess \Ab"scess\ ([a^]b"s[e^]s), n.; pl. Abscesses
([a^]b"s[e^]s*[e^]z). [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 caused by infection.
[1913 Webster + AS]
Cold abscess,
(a) 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. AS
(b) an abscess produced by tubercle bacilli, called also
tuberculous abscess. --AS
[1913 Webster + AS]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
abscess
n : symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus
surrounded by inflamed tissue
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "abscess":
ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, aposteme, asphyxiation,
asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bed sore, blain, bleb, bleeding,
blennorhea, blister, blotch, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, cachexia,
cachexy, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid,
chilblain, chill, chills, cold sore, colic, constipation,
convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy,
dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, eschar, fainting,
fatigue, felon, fester, festering, fever, fever blister,
fibrillation, fistula, flux, furuncle, furunculus, gathering,
growth, gumboil, hemorrhage, hemorrhoids, high blood pressure,
hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion,
inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, kibe, labored breathing,
lesion, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, nasal discharge,
nausea, necrosis, pain, papula, papule, paralysis, paronychia,
parulis, petechia, piles, pimple, pock, polyp, pruritus, pustule,
rash, rheum, rising, scab, sclerosis, seizure, shock,
skin eruption, sneezing, soft chancre, sore, spasm, stigma, sty,
suppuration, swelling, tabes, tachycardia, trauma, tubercle, tumor,
ulcer, ulceration, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wale, wasting,
welt, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound
