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abscess

[ab-ses] / ˈæb sɛs /
NOUN
swelling
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Aleisha Rochester, 33, a bank cashier from Croydon, south London, died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess from her left armpit.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

ICE officials acknowledged that Ayala-Uribe died at the Victorville hospital while waiting for surgery for an abscess on his buttock.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2025

Alas, we’ll never know what Leni might have achieved as talking pictures staked their claim, for a tooth abscess went septic and killed him at age 44 in 1929.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

You didn’t die of a tooth abscess that turned into sepsis.

From Slate Nov. 21, 2024

Or like I have a horribly distended belly, like an abscess, and have ventured to New York for surgery at one of their world-famous belly abscess hospitals.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

Perianal fistulae, abnormal connections between the anal canal and perianal skin, are a common complication of Crohn's disease that often result in painful abscesses and impact patients' quality of life.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2024

She added some have not seen a dentist for 20 years, with a few losing their teeth, broken teeth, infections and long-term abscesses happening.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2024

Penicillin antibiotics, which kill bacteria by preventing them from building a cell wall, are used to treat various illnesses such as pneumonia, meningitis, skin infections and dental abscesses.

From Scientific American Oct. 5, 2023

“We suspect this was the source of his chronic abscesses and fistulas,” the second surgeon noted, according to portions of medical records shared by Contreras with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2023

Chaulmoogra oil was known to cause abscesses, nausea, and other complications.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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