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abscess

noun

1 abscess

Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: puist, zweer, ettergezwel, abces, etterbuil, etterzak
Polish: wrzód


Moby thesaurus: ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, aposteme, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bed sore, blain, bleb, bleeding, blennorhea, blister, blotch, boil, bubo ... show more.

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