abscess : Idioms & Phrases
Cold abscess
- an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.
Webster 1913
peritonsillar abscess
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noun a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
quinsy.
WordNet
Worm abscess
(Med.) , an abscess produced by the irritation resulting from the lodgment of a worm in some part of the body.
