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Definition of Imposthume
1. n. A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
2. v. t. & i. Same as Imposthumate.
Definition of Imposthume
1. Noun. (obsolete) an abscess ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) to form an abscess ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imposthume
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Imposthume
1. A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess. Origin: A corruption of aposteme. See Aposteme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imposthume
Literary usage of Imposthume
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... who opened the boy, are of opinion that he died of an imposthume: however,
the servant is secured, ..."
2. Primitive Physic, Or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases by John Wesley (1843)
"AN imposthume. Put the white of two leeks in a wet cloth, and so roast them in
ashes, but not too much. Stamp them in a mortar with a little hog's grease. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Reproduction by Gaucherie» я. [Fr.] Uncouthness, awkwardness, blundering, bungling,
lack of social polish. 3. Abscess, sore, ulcer, fester, imposthume, ..."
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