Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abscess"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abscess \Ab"scess\, n.; pl. {Abscesses}. [L. abscessus a going
away, gathering of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of
absedere to go away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. See
{Cede}.] (Med.)
A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ
of the body, the result of a morbid process.
{Cold abscess}, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with
the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses,
and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency
towards healing; a chronic abscess.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abscess
n : symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus
surrounded by inflamed tissue
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