Abscess

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [wn]:

  abscess
       n : symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus
           surrounded by inflamed tissue

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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