abscess

== English == === Etymology === From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈæbsɛs/, /ˈæbsɪs/ Rhymes: -æbsɛs, -æbsɪs === Noun === abscess (plural abscesses) (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed) (intransitive) To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection. ==== Translations ==== === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin abscessus (“departed, withdrawn, retreated”), perfect passive participle of abscēdō (“to go away, depart”), from both ab- (“away from, off, from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from cēdō (“to go”), from Proto-Italic *kezdō, from either *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”), or from *ḱye, from *ḱe (deictic particle) and *sed- (“to sit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abˈsɛs/, /apˈsɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs Hyphenation: ab‧scess === Noun === abscess m (definite singular abscessen, indefinite plural abscesser, definite plural abscessene) (pathology) an abscess (a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.) ==== Synonyms ==== byll (“abscesss”), verkebyll (“inflamed abscesss”) ==== Derived terms ==== hjerneabscess (“brain abscess”) ==== See also ==== kvise (“zit”), akne (“acne”), svulst (“tumor, growth”), tumor (“tumor”) === References === “abscess” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “abscess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “abscess” in Store norske leksikon == Swedish == === Noun === abscess c (pathology) abscess ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== böld