Meaning

1 senses

  1. To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. An abscess appeared on his neck.

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  2. He had an abscess on his tonsil.

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  3. He has an abscess on his foot.

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  4. She has an abscess on her foot.

    deSie hat eine Eiterbeule am Fuß.

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  5. The abscess affected a significant portion of the arm, which had to be amputated.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō

Borrowed from Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede.

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Forms

abscesses, abscessing, abscessed, abscessed
Base formabscess · to abscess
3rd person singularabscesses
Present participleabscessing
Past simpleabscessed
Past participleabscessed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabscess
he, she, itabscesses

Past simpleLesson

all personsabscessed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave abscessed
he, she, ithas abscessed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill abscess

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abruptabruptlyB2abscondabseilabsenceB1
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