Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The formation of an apostem; the process of gathering into an abscess. Also, corruptly, imposthumation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
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- noun medicine The
formation of anaposteme ; the process ofsuppuration .
Etymologies
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Latin apostematio: compare French apostémation.
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