Abscessed. World English Historical Dictionary

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ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED2.] Diseased with abscesses.

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1678.  J. Browne, Treat. Tumours, Introd. 20. The muscles of the thigh oft wounded, tumefied inflamed, lacerated, ulcerated, and abscessed.

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1856.  Kane, Arct. Expl., II. i. 17. Our sick have finished the bear’s head, and are now eating the condemned abscessed liver of the animal.

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