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Hierarchy: #abscess (7 terms)

• To form an abscess / To abscess (intransitive verb (pathology / general surgery))

  A pathological process where a localized acute purulent inflammation or bacterial infection evolves into a distinct abscess, ac...

• Abscessation / Abscess formation (noun (pathology / general surgery))

  The pathological process of abscess formation; the transformation of an acute inflammation or diffuse inflammatory infiltrate (...

• Abscessed / Suppurated (adjective / participle (pathology / general surgery))

  Regarding an inflammatory focus, tumor, organ, or tissue: that has progressed to form an abscess; converted into a closed, well...

• Abscesses / Suppurates (verb, 3rd person singular/plural (pathology / general surgery))

  The conjugated form of the verb 'a abceda' (to abscess) in the indicative present, 3rd person singular or plural, used to descr...

• Abscessation / Process of abscessing (noun (long infinitive) (pathology / general surgery))

  The action or process of forming an abscess; the nominalized form describing the transition of an inflammatory cell infiltrate ...

• Abcedography / Radiography of an abscess (noun (radiology / medical imaging))

  A specialized radiological technique consisting of taking an X-ray of an abscess cavity, performed immediately following its pu...

• Abscess / Purulent pocket (noun (pathology / general surgery))

  A localized collection of pus, well-circumscribed by a newly formed pyogenic membrane, resulting from tissue destruction and li...