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2. Verb. (third-person singular of abscess) ¹

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Definition of Abscesses

1. abscess [v] - See also: abscess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abscesses

Literary usage of Abscesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"It is well known that a proportion of abscesses if properly treated ... Excision of the sac entire cannot be carried out in any of the abscesses from spinal ..."

2. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"But broadly speaking, the essence of the way. of op-n- The chief ways in which abscesses may be opened are (1) "*""• by a simple incision, (-) by incision ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Urinary and Renal Diseases: Including Urinary Deposits by William Roberts (1865)
"Secondary abscesses are sometimes found in the kidneys, ... The kidneys are, however, less frequently the seat of such abscesses than the lungs and liver. ..."

4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"The stomach is surrounded by a number of abscesses, but both its internal surface and wall are apparently free from the infection. The abdominal wall below ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"Extremely large, rapidly spreading abscesses. In abscesses containing 50, 100 and more cc. of pus we gain nothing as to the duration of the treatment, ..."

6. A System of surgery v.2: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1872)
"Abscesses AND FISTULES OP THE NECK. There is no region of the body in which ... Among the more common canses of cervical abscesses are, exposure to cold or ..."

7. Rest and pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and by John Hilton (1891)
"Abscesses Opened to Secure Coaptation to their Internal Surfaces, and to Permit their Union by Giving them Rest—Principles Exemplified in Sub-mammary, ..."

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