nonabscessed

English

Etymology

non- +‎ abscessed

Adjective

nonabscessed (not comparable)

  1. Not having an abscess.
    • 1940, L.F. Badger, D.w. Patrick, Don Wolfe, “Leprosy: Two Strains of Acid-Fast Bacilli Isolated From a Case of Human Leprosy. A Comparison with Other Strains of Acid-Fast Organisms with Particular Reference to the Lleras Bacillus”, in National Institute of Health Bulletin, number 173, page 2:
      The third attempt was from a nonabscessed lesion.
    • 1999, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks, page 75:
      Additional data demonstrate that the decrease in weight gain in abscessed cattle was lower than it was in nonabscessed cattle.
    • 2022, Lee J. Pinnell, Paul S. Morley, “The Microbial Ecology of LIver Abscesses in Cattle”, in John T. Richeson, Ty E. Lawrence, editor, Liver Abnormalities in Cattle, page 371:
      Stotz and colleagues reported that both thephyla Fusobacteria and Bacteroidetes were more predominant within abscess microbial communities than in parenchymal tissue of scarred livers and nonabscessed livers.
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