# abscess
## English
### Etymology

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈæbsɛs/, /ˈæbsɪs/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -æbsɛs, -æbsɪs

### Noun

abscess (plural abscesses)
* (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

#### Derived terms

* abbey-countershirt-stud abscess
* abscessation
* abscessogenic
* abscess root
* Bartholin abscess
* blind abscess
* Brodie's abscess
* cold abscess
* collar-button abscess
* collar stud abscess
* deep abscess
* dry abscess
* hot abscess
* microabscess
* miliary abscess
* milk abscess
* mother abscess

#### See also

* boil
* carbuncle
* gathering
* pustule

### Verb

abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed)
* (intransitive) To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abscess”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin abscessus (“departed, withdrawn, retreated”), perfect passive participle of abscēdō (“I go away, depart”), from both ab- (“away from, off, from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from cēdō (“I go”), from Proto-Italic *kezdō, from either *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”), or from *ḱye, from *ḱe (deictic particle) and *sed- (“to sit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abˈsɛs/, /apˈsɛs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛs
* Hyphenation: ab‧scess

### Noun

abscess m (definite singular abscessen, indefinite plural abscesser, definite plural abscessene)
* (pathology) an abscess (a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.)
** 1845, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter III,1, page 193:en fæl abscesa nasty abscess
** 2010, Lars Saabye Christensen, Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser:jeg saumfarte foten hans enda en gang og nå fant jeg en abscess ved hælen, hard som en kastanjeI scoured his foot once more and now I found an abscess at the heel, hard as a chestnut
** 2010, Nina Lykke, Full spredning, page 13:jeg har tømt absesser som har sprutet ned … tak og veggerI have emptied abscesses that have splashed down… ceilings and walls

#### Synonyms

* byll (“abscesss”), verkebyll (“inflamed abscesss”)

#### Derived terms

* hjerneabscess (“brain abscess”)

#### See also

* kvise (“zit”), akne (“acne”), svulst (“tumor, growth”), tumor (“tumor”)

### References

* “abscess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “abscess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “abscess” in Store norske leksikon

## Swedish
### Noun

abscess c
* (pathology) abscess

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | abscess | abscess |
| singular | definite | abscessen | abscessens |
| plural | indefinite | abscesser | abscessers |
| plural | definite | abscesserna | abscessernas |

#### Synonyms

* böld