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Abscesses

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Word	Definition
cystsnoun	A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
pustulesnoun	A pimple filled with pus.
gumboilsnoun	(medicine) A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.
furunclesnoun	(pathology) A boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
boilsverb	(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
carbunclesnoun	(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
lesionsnoun	(pathology) A wound or injury.
swellingsnoun	The state of being swollen.
fistulasnoun	(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
suppurationsnoun	(medicine) The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
phlegmonsnoun	A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.
empyemasnoun	(medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
soresnoun	An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
ulcersnoun	(pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
eruptionsnoun	A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
inflammationsnoun	(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
buboesnoun	(pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
nodulesnoun	(medicine, dermatology) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.
pocksnoun	Obsolete form of pox [A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.]
tumorsnoun	(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.