abscess (noun)

  • 31aposteme — noun An abscess; a pustulent swelling …

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  • 32carbuncle — noun a) A deep red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon. With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus... b) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the …

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  • 33gumboil — noun a small swelling formed on the gum over an abscess at the root of a tooth …

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  • 34maturation — noun 1》 the action or process of maturing. 2》 the formation of pus in a boil, abscess, etc. Derivatives maturational adjective maturative adjective …

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  • 35gumboil — noun (C) a painful swelling on your gum 1 (1); abscess …

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  • 36blister — noun 1) a blister on each heel Syn: vesicle, vesication; pustule, abscess 2) check for blisters in the wall covering Syn: bubble, swelling, bulge, protuberance …

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  • 37canker — noun 1) this plant is susceptible to canker Syn: fungal disease, plant rot; blight 2) ear cankers Syn: ulcer, ulceration, infection, sore, abscess, noma 3) racism remains a canker …

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  • 38lesion — noun symptoms include clusters of red lesions Syn: wound, injury, bruise, abrasion, contusion; ulcer, ulceration, sore, running sore, abscess; Medicine trauma …

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  • 39pustule — noun an infected pustule that began as an ingrown hair Syn: pimple, spot, bleb, boil, swelling, eruption, carbuncle, blister, abscess; informal whitehead, zit, blackhead; technical comedo, papule …

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  • 40ulcer — noun something to soothe the ulcers in his mouth Syn: sore, ulceration, abscess, boil, carbuncle, blister, gumboil, cyst; Medicine aphtha, chancre, furuncle …

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