abscess

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæbsɛs/, /ˈæbsɪs/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æbsɛs, -æbsɪs

Noun

abscess (plural abscesses)

  1. (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]

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Verb

abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed)

  1. (intransitive) To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.

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References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscess”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

Norwegian Bokmål
An abscess on the abdomen.

Etymology

From Latin abscessus (“departed, withdrawn, retreated”), perfect passive participle of abscēdō (“I go away, depart”), from both ab- (“away from, off, from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from cēdō (“I go”), from Proto-Italic *kezdō, from either *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”), or from *ḱye, from *ḱe (deictic particle) and *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /abˈsɛs/, /apˈsɛs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • Hyphenation: ab‧scess

Noun

abscess m (definite singular abscessen, indefinite plural abscesser, definite plural abscessene)

  1. (pathology) an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.)
    • 1845, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter III,1, page 193:
      en fæl absces
      a nasty abscess
    • 2010, Lars Saabye Christensen, Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser:
      jeg saumfarte foten hans enda en gang og nå fant jeg en abscess ved hælen, hard som en kastanje
      I scoured his foot once more and now I found an abscess at the heel, hard as a chestnut
    • 2010, Nina Lykke, Full spredning, page 13:
      jeg har tømt absesser som har sprutet ned … tak og vegger
      I have emptied abscesses that have splashed down… ceilings and walls

Synonyms
  • byll (“abscesss”), verkebyll (“inflamed abscesss”)

Derived terms
  • hjerneabscess (“brain abscess”)

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Swedish

Noun

abscess c

  1. (pathology) abscess

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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