different between abscess vs pimple

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

Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipli?ende (“having shingles”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?m'p(?)l
• IPA^(key): /?p?mp(?)l/
• Rhymes: -?mp?l

Noun

pimple (plural pimples)

1. An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

   I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.

2. (slang) An annoying person.

   He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!

3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Scotch (whisky)

   Synonym: pimple and blotch

Synonyms

• acker (old Australian slang)
• acne
• pustule
• spot (UK, slang)
• zit (US, slang)

Related terms

• pimpled
• pimply

Translations

See also

• blackhead
• whitehead

Verb

pimple (third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled)

1. To develop pimples

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Spanish

Verb

pimple

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pimplar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pimplar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of pimplar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of pimplar.