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abscessed

/ab-ses/US // ˈæb sɛs //UK // (ˈæbsɛs, -sɪs) //

化脓的,化脓性,化脓性的,脓肿的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : a localized collection of pus in the tissues of the body, often accompanied by swelling and inflammation and frequently caused by bacteria.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insore

Examples

  • Various scratches and cuts line her arms and face; a pus-filled abscess burns on her right arm.

  • When he finally goes to see a dentist, he learns that he has an abscess: the tooth is rotten, threatening to overtake his jaw.

  • Rapport, who took the lovers part, had been kept awake all night by an abscess on his finger, and was nearly fainting.

  • If he has opened his abscess with a bronze lancet and has made him lose his eye, he shall pay money, half his price.

  • The king can be saved by injecting through the ear a remedy which will draw the contents of the abscess through that passage.

  • The bulging of the canvas became larger, and was still increasing, like a frightful abscess ready to burst.

  • The maddest boil, unless it kill you with its torments, does at length burst, and become an abscess.