aposteme

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English aposteme (“a swelling, inflamation”), from Old French aposteme and Late Latin apostēma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστημα (apóstēma, “abcesse”) (source of Modern Greek απόστημα (apóstima, “abscess”)), related to ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to remove”). === Noun === aposteme (plural apostemes) (medicine, obsolete) An abscess; a pustulent swelling. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Noun === aposteme f plural of apostema == Old French == === Noun === aposteme oblique singular, m (oblique plural apostemes, nominative singular apostemes, nominative plural aposteme) (medicine) aposteme == Portuguese == === Verb === aposteme inflection of apostemar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative