abscess
US/ˈæbsɛs/
abscess noun: a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.

Noun
abscess (plural abscesses)
Verb
abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed)
- To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.
abscess meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
abscess in Hindi
- cavity filled with pus
- विद्रधि vidradhi
abscess in Tamil
- சீழ்பிடித்த கட்டி
abscess in Urdu
- دنبل, پھوڑا
abscess in Bengali
- ফোঁড়া, পুঁজজমা
More languagesFewer languages
- abscess in Telugu
- విద్రధి vidradhi
- abscess in Malayalam
- കുരു kuru
- abscess in Kannada
- ಕುರು, ಕೀದುಣ್ಣು
- abscess in Gujarati
- ફોલ્લો phollo
- abscess in Tagalog
- naknak, pigsa, bagâ, abseso
- abscess in Arabic
- دُمَّل dummal, خُرَاج ḵurāj, خُرَّاج ḵurrāj
- abscess in Malay
- bisul, abses
- abscess in Indonesian
- abses
- abscess in Persian
- دمل domal, آبسه âbse
- abscess in Vietnamese
- áp-xe
Examples of abscess in a sentence
- Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.
- These complications consisted of severe cholangitis, large abscesses and sepsis, and portal venous or mesentericoportal venous thrombosis.
- A diagnosis of necrotic pulp with chronic periradicular abscess was made.
Forms of abscess
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | abscesses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | abscesses |
| present participle | abscessing |
| past participle | abscessed |
| past | abscessed |
Origin of abscess
Borrowed from Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede.
Words formed from abscess
Phrases with abscess
Questions about abscess
- What does abscess mean?
- Abscess means a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.
- What is abscess in Hindi?
- Abscess in Hindi is विद्रधि (vidradhi). See Abscess meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abscess?
- Abscess can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce abscess?
- Abscess is pronounced /ˈæbsɛs/ (US).
- What is the plural of abscess?
- The plural of abscess is abscesses.
Words near abscess in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abscess (page history and authors); abscess (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abscess (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abscess (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); విద్రధి (Telugu) (page history and authors); abscess (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ફોલ્લો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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