Abscess. World English Historical Dictionary

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[ad. L. abscēss-us a going away, an abscess (Celsus), f. abscēdĕre: see ABSCEDE.] A collection of pus or purulent matter formed by a morbid process in a cavity of the body.

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1543.  Traheron, trans. Vigo’s Chirurg. (Interpretn. Strange Wordes), Aposteme … In latyne it is called abscissus.

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1615.  H. Crooke, Body of Man, 415. The purulent matter of the Chest is by Nature euacuated … lastly by Apostemation or abcesse.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. An. & Ph., I. 604/2. Few or no abscesses granulate till they are exposed.

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1860.  Smiles, Self-Help, iv. 89. It was averred that vaccinated children became ‘ox-faced,’ that abscesses broke out to ‘indicate sprouting horns.’

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