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abscess

[ab-ses] / ˈæb sɛs /
NOUN
swelling
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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

He was due to undergo his seventh - and what he hoped was his last - operation on an abscess affecting his bowel.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2024

People turned to stare at us, but I couldn’t stop draining the abscess.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Recording her verdict, Reeves said Rochester suffered from the condition hidradenitis suppurativa, which causes abscesses on the skin.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

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

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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