Definitions
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- noun The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.
- noun An abscess; an imposthume.
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- noun The
formation of anabscess ;inflammation ;suppuration - noun An
abscess ; animposthume .
Etymologies
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See apostemation.
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Examples
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The imposthumation is supposed to have proceeded, not from his fall last year, but from a blow with a tennis-ball some years ago.
Letters of Horace Walpole 01 Walpole, Horace 1890
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The imposthumation is supposed to have proceeded, not from his fall last year, but from a blow with a tennis-ball some years ago.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757
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