abscess (noun)

  • 21tooth — noun 1 individual tooth ADJECTIVE ▪ broken, chipped, missing ▪ bad, decayed, rotten ▪ loose ▪ …

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  • 22fistula — noun (plural las or fistulae) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, pipe, fistula Date: 14th century an abnormal passage that leads from an abscess or hollow organ or part to the body surface or from one hollow organ or part to another and that… …

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  • 23gathering — noun Date: before 12th century 1. assembly, meeting 2. a suppurating swelling ; abscess 3. the collecting of food or raw materials from the wild 4. collection, compilation 5. a gather in cloth …

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  • 24gumboil — noun Date: 1753 an abscess in the gum …

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  • 25quinsy — noun (plural quinsies) Etymology: Middle English quinesie, from Anglo French esquinauncy, quinancie, from Late Latin cynanche, from Greek kynanchē, from kyn , kyōn dog + anchein to strangle more at hound, anger Date: 14th century an abscess in… …

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  • 26ab — noun /æb/ a) abdominal muscle. When possible, do your ab workout on a day when youre not training a major muscle group. b) An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin …

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  • 27cockerpoo — noun An alternative spelling of cockapoo. A mixed bag of Cockerpoo, shih tzu, and Lhasa apso, a breed which Charmaines little sister called a lapsed abscess …

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  • 28empyema — noun A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity) …

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  • 29tumor — noun /tjuː.mə(ɹ)/ An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. Syn: neoplasm …

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  • 30quittor — noun /ˈkwɪt.ə/ A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horses foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone …

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