Plural: abscesses
ETYM Latin abscessus a going away, gathering of humors, abscess, from abscessus, p. p. of absedere to go away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. Related to Cede.
(Irregular plural: abscesses).
Localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.
Collection of pus in the tissues forming in response to infection. Its presence is signaled by pain and inflammation.
Odlazak, odvajanje; med. gnojno zapaljenje tkiva, zagnoj; gnojnik, gnonica, napon, ispolj, usov; metastatini apsces, zagnoj koji se pojavi daleko od mesta prvobitnog oboljenja, kao što biva usled piemije; fiksacioni apsces, zagnoj izazvan namerno hemijskim nadražajem, npr. ubrizgavanjem mleka i dr. , radi lečenja sepse, gonoreje, progresivne paralize itd.
Grizlica, gnojni prišt.
Infected and filled with pus