abscess

Pronunciation: /abˈsɛs/

“abscess” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscessus (“departed, withdrawn, retreated”), perfect passive participle of abscēdō (“to go away, depart”), from both ab- (“away from, off, from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”),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 (“to go”), from Proto-Italic *kezdō, from either *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”), or from *ḱye,…

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abortus provocatus
abrakadabra
abrodd
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abscisse
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absentere
absentering

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