Plural of abscess

Forms of abscess

Abscesses in a sentence

• Danny got abscesses from shooting all that bathtub crank.From the entry crank
• These complications consisted of severe cholangitis, large abscesses and sepsis, and portal venous or mesentericoportal venous thrombosis.2015 August 21, Yoo Kyeong Yeom, Ji Hoon Shin, “Complications of Portal Vein Embolization: Evaluation on Cross-Sectional Imaging”, in…. From the entry mesentericoportal
• The kidneys of acute pyelonephritis have small white abscesses on the subcapsular surface and on cut surfaces.2009, J. Charles Jennette, “Chapter 16: The Kidney”, in Emanuel Rubin, Howard M. Reisner, editors, Essentials of Rubin's Pathology…. From the entry pyelonephritis
• You know, the surgicalist can take care of the appendicitis and drain simple abscesses and stuff like that.2013, Martin A. Croce, David H. Livingston, Frederick A. Luchette, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 75th Anniversary…. From the entry surgicalist
• Recently it has been shown that the bacterial flora of endodontic and periodontal abscesses differ in certain aspects.2002, Leif Tronstad, Clinical Endodontics: A Textbook, page 70. From the entry periodontal

Meaning of abscess

1. noun A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.
2. verb To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.

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Questions about the plural of abscess

What is the plural of abscess?

The plural of abscess is abscesses.

Is abscess countable?

Abscess is a countable noun.