abscess

(ab's es) [L. absce us, from abscedere, to go away.] circumscribed collection of pus, acute' a., hot a. ame'bic a., an absce of the liver, complicating or following tropical dysentery, which contains amebas. arthrif'luent a., a cold, gravitation a., due to disease, usually tuberculous, of a joint, athero'matous a., a circumscribed area of atheromatous softening in the wall of an artery. blind a., dental granuloma.* canalic'ular a., an a. of the breast discharging into the milk ducts. ca's eous a., one in which the pus has become inspi ated, "having a soft cheesy consistence. chron'ic a., cold a. circumton's illar a., quinsy. cold a., a collection of pus occurring without local heat or other signs of inflammation, commonly of tuberculous origin, crit'ical a., an a. occurring toward the end of an acute disease. diffuse' a., a collection of pus not circumscribed by a well defined capsule, dry a., the remains of an a. the pus of which has been absorbed. embol'ic a., metastatic a., a suppurative focus established at the point of arrest of a septic embolus, fe'cal a., stercoral a. fix a'tion a., an a. artificially provoked by the subcutaneous injection of turpentine, alleged to be of therapeutic r value in certain infectious proce es, gas a., an a. containing gas, due to the presence of Bacillus aero genes or other species of gas-forming microorganism, gravita'tion a., grav'ity ».., a wandering a. which sinks to the dependent parts. hot a., an acute a., one occurring with all the evidences of local inflammation, hypostat'ic a., gravitation a. metastat'ic a., a secondary a. formed, at a distance from the primary focus, as a result of the transportation of the pus germs by the lymph or blood stream, mil'iaiy a., one of a number of minute collections of pus. milk a., a, a. mul'tiple a. of the liv'er, numerous small purulent collections, of pyemic origin, in the liver, mu'ral a., one occurring in the ti ues of the abdominal wall following celiotomy, o ifluent a., an a.., usually a cold wandering a., originating from a focus of disease in a bone, phleg'monoijs a., suppuration a ociated with acute inflammation of the subcutaneous connective ti ue, pso'as a., a. cold or wandering absce in the groin, a ociated with lumbar Pott's disease, the pus sinking down in the sheath of the psoas muscle, resid'- ual a., an a. recurring on the site of a former a., due to inflammation excited by the undischarged residue of pus. retropharyn'geal a., a phlegmonous inflammation involving the cellular ti up of the posterior wall of the oropharyn.x. scrofulous a., strumous a. se'rous a., periostitis album i nos a, periosteal ganglion; a flattened sub periosteal cavity containing a clear, yellowish, viscid, synovia-like fluid, shirt-stud a., two absce es connected by an arrow channel, sol'-