abscess (noun)
91lance — /læns / (say lans), /lans / (say lahns) noun 1. a long, shafted weapon with a metal head, used by mounted soldiers in charging. 2. a soldier armed with this weapon. 3. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.… …
92ripe — /raɪp / (say ruyp) adjective (riper, ripest) 1. ready for reaping or gathering, as grain, fruits, etc.; complete in natural growth or development, as when arrived at the stage most fit for eating or use. 2. resembling ripe fruit, as in ruddiness… …
93carbuncle — ► NOUN 1) a severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin. 2) a bright red gem, in particular a polished garnet. DERIVATIVES carbuncular adjective. ORIGIN Latin carbunculus small coal , from carbo coal, charcoal …
94carbuncular — carbuncle ► NOUN 1) a severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin. 2) a bright red gem, in particular a polished garnet. DERIVATIVES carbuncular adjective. ORIGIN Latin carbunculus small coal , from carbo coal, charcoal …
95gumboil — ► NOUN ▪ a small swelling formed on the gum over an abscess at the root of a tooth …
96maturation — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of maturing. 2) the formation of pus in a boil, abscess, etc …
97quinsy — ► NOUN ▪ inflammation of the throat, especially an abscess near the tonsils. ORIGIN Greek kunankh canine quinsy , from kun dog + ankhein to strangle …
98dothiorella — ˌdōthēəˈrelə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek dothiōn, dothiēn small abscess, boil + New Latin ella : a form genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeriopsidaceae) characterized by single celled hyaline spores… …
99phlegmon — ˈflegˌmän noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English flegmone, from Latin phlegmone, phlegmon, from Greek phlegmonē inflammation, boil, from phlegein to burn more at phlegm : purulent inflammation and infiltration of connective tissue compare abscess …
100pyobacillosis — |pī(ˌ) ō+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from py + bacillosis : infection with or disease caused in sheep, swine, or rarely cattle by a bacterium (Corynebacterium pyogenes) that is usually marked by abscess formation but in sheep commonly takes the… …
