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Apostemate :: Apostemate (v. i.) To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

Acritical :: Acritical (a.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess..

Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc..

Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

Abscession :: Abscession (n.) A separating; removal; also, an abscess..

Imposthumation :: Imposthumation (n.) An abscess; an imposthume.

Thecal :: Thecal (a.) Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess..

Point :: Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.

Cupping :: Cupping (n.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess..

Vomica :: Vomica (n.) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.

Indigested :: Indigested (a.) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.

Imposthumate :: Imposthumate (v. t.) To affect with an imposthume or abscess.

Imposthume :: Imposthume (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.

Abscesses :: Abscesses (pl. ) of Absces.

Matter :: Matter (v. i.) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate..

Lancet :: Lancet (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc..

Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice..

Moro :: Moro (n.) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry.

Pyaemia :: Pyaemia (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion..

Ulcer :: Ulcer (n.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues..

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