a swollen (= larger than normal) and painful area on your skin or in your body, full of a thick yellow liquid (called pus) 脓肿 He had a painful abscess on his gum. 他的牙龈脓肿疼痛。
Extra ExamplesI developed an abscess on my neck. 我脖子上长了个脓包。 Once an abscess has burst it should be bathed with antiseptic liquid. 脓包一破溃,就应该用抗菌液清洗。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + abscess- have
- develop
- get
- …
- burst
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin abscessus ‘a going away’, from the verb abscedere, from ab- ‘away from’ + cedere ‘go’, referring to the elimination of infected matter via the pus.