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abscess

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1. abscess - Noun

2. abscess - Verb

Meaning

A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I have carried this abscess too far, Tunisia is going through a difficult period. Freedom is dangerous. Habib Bourguiba

The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul. Rona Barrett

The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our compassion between two infinities of happiness and peace. Michel Houellebecq

A woman brought her child with an abscess in the lower part of the back, and offered as much corn as she could carry for some medicine; we administered to it of course very cheerfully. Meriwether Lewis

In Spain, attempting to obtain a chicken salad sandwich, you wind up with a dish whose name, when you look it up in your Spanish-English dictionary, turns out to mean Eel with big abscess. Dave Barry

A small amount of evidence did not find benefit from packing the abscess with gauze. Source: Internet

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