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From Latin abscessus (“departed, withdrawn, retreated”), perfect passive participle of abscēdō (“I go away, depart”), from both ab- (“away from, off, from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”),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 abscess (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
Declension of abscess 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative abscess abscessen abscesser abscesserna
Genitive abscess abscessens abscessers abscessernas

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