Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB'SCESS
AB'SCESS, n. [L. abscessus, from ab and cedo, to go from.]
An imposthume. A collection of morbid matter, or pus in the cellular or adipose membrane; matter generated by the suppuration of an inflammatory tumor. – Quincy. Hooper.
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