different between abscess vs abscession

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æbs?s/, /?æbs?s/

Noun

abscess (plural abscesses)

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

Derived terms

• cold abscess

Related terms

• boil
• carbuncle
• pustule

Translations

Verb

abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed)

1. (intransitive) To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.

Translations

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from absc?d? (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + c?d? (“go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?s?s/, /ap?s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: ab?scess

Noun

abscess m (definite singular abscessen, indefinite plural abscesser, definite plural abscessene)

1. (pathology) an abscess (a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.)

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

1. (pathology) abscess

Declension

Synonyms

• böld

English

Etymology

Latin abscessio (“a separation”); from abscedere. See abscess.

Noun

abscession (plural abscessions)

1. (rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.
   • 1939, The British Journal of Rheumatism: An Independent Review, page 161:

     I have seen many in the final stage of long illnesses affected by our disease. For Nature has here wished, as it were, in the manner of a crisis in the outer parts of the body to attempt an "abscession" in the sense of an outflow […]

   • 1971, Farmer's Digest, volume 35, issue 1, page 86:

     Machine harvest is comparable in cost now to hand harvest and could be better if a suitable abscession material is found.

2. (obsolete) An abscess.