1. A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate appearing in an acute or chronic localized infection, caused by tissue destruction and frequently associated with swelling and other signs of inflammation.
2. A cavity formed by liquefactive necrosis within solid tissue.
Origin
[L. abscessus, a going away]
acute abscess
alveolar abscess
amebic abscess
apical abscess
apical periodontal abscess
appendiceal abscess
Bartholin’s abscess
Bezold’s abscess
bicameral abscess
bone abscess
Brodie’s abscess
bursal abscess
caseous abscess
cheesy abscess
cholangitic abscess
chronic abscess
cold abscess
collar-button abscess
crypt abscesses
dental abscess
diffuse abscess
Douglas abscess
dry abscess
Dubois‘ abscesses
embolic abscess
fecal abscess
follicular abscess
gas abscess
gingival abscess
gravitation abscess
gummatous abscess
hematogenous abscess
hot abscess
hypostatic abscess
ischiorectal abscess
lacunar abscess
lateral alveolar abscess
lateral periodontal abscess
mastoid abscess
metastatic abscess
migrating abscess
miliary abscess
Munro’s abscess
orbital abscess
otic abscess
otogenous abscess
palatal abscess
pancreatic abscess
parafrenal abscess
parametric abscess
paranephric abscess
parotid abscess
Pautrier’s abscess
pelvic abscess
perforating abscess
periapical abscess
periappendiceal abscess
periarticular abscess
pericemental abscess
pericoronal abscess
perinephric abscess
periodontal abscess
perirectal abscess
peritonsillar abscess
periureteral abscess
periurethral abscess
phlegmonous abscess
Pott’s abscess
premammary abscess
psoas abscess
pulp abscess
pyemic abscess
radicular abscess
residual abscess
retrobulbar abscess
retrocecal abscess
retropharyngeal abscess
ring abscess
root abscess
satellite abscess
septicemic abscess
shirt-stud abscess
stellate abscess
stercoral abscess
sterile abscess
stitch abscess
subdiaphragmatic abscess
subepidermal abscess
subhepatic abscess
subperiosteal abscess
subphrenic abscess
subungual abscess
sudoriparous abscess
syphilitic abscess
thecal abscess
thymic abscesses
Tornwaldt’s abscess
tropical abscess
tuberculous abscess
tubo-ovarian abscess
verminous abscess
wandering abscess
worm abscess