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abscess

noun as in swelling

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Various scratches and cuts line her arms and face; a pus-filled abscess burns on her right arm.

When he finally goes to see a dentist, he learns that he has an abscess: the tooth is rotten, threatening to overtake his jaw.

Rapport, who took the lovers part, had been kept awake all night by an abscess on his finger, and was nearly fainting.

If he has opened his abscess with a bronze lancet and has made him lose his eye, he shall pay money, half his price.

The king can be saved by injecting through the ear a remedy which will draw the contents of the abscess through that passage.

The bulging of the canvas became larger, and was still increasing, like a frightful abscess ready to burst.

The maddest boil, unless it kill you with its torments, does at length burst, and become an abscess.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to abscess, such as: ulcer, boil, carbuncle, and pustule.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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