ABSCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abscess mean? 

• ABSCESS (noun)
  The noun ABSCESS has 1 sense:

1. symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

  Familiarity information: ABSCESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSCESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("abscess" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Meronyms (parts of "abscess"):

head (the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates))

purulence; purulency (symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abscess"):

abscessed tooth (an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth)

 Context examples 

Symptoms include: • Blackheads and red, tender bumps, called abscesses The abscesses get bigger, break open, and leak pus • Tunnels that form under the skin between abscesses • Scarring

(Hidradenitis Suppurativa, NIH)

LRIs include but not limited to the skin atrophy, ulceration and non-healing wounds; cystitis, proctosigmoiditis, resulting to fistulas, abscesses, fibrosis and scaring; laryngitis, osteoradionecrosis; central nervous system injury, optic neuropathy.

(Late Radiation Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

A bacterial, parasitic, or fungal abscess that develops in the liver.

(Liver Abscess, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in abscess formation and tissue damage.

(Fusobacterium Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

Diseases involving the FALLOPIAN TUBES including neoplasms (FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS), SALPINGITIS, tubo-ovarian abscess and blockage.

(Fallopian Tube Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

However, pneumonia and systemic involvement with the formation of abscesses may develop as complications of the disease.

(Coccidioidomycosis, NCI Thesaurus)

C. renale is an opportunistic pathogen that causes ascending urinary infection, pyelonephritis and abscesses.

(Corynebacterium renale, NCI Thesaurus)

When tissue surrounds an implanted device, the tissue breakdown may result in migration and loss of the implant material and may result in further complications such as infection or abscess.

(Erosion, NCI Thesaurus)

A bacterial, fungal or parasitic abscess that develops in the lung parenchyma.

(Lung Abscess, NCI Thesaurus)

An abscess that develops in a lymph node and the surrounding tissues as a result of an infectious process.

(Lymph Node Abscess, NCI Thesaurus)