abscessed

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adjective

Affected by an abscess.

“The sore was abscessed and filled with pus.”

Similar
septicinfected
OriginEnglish abscess ← Latin abscessus ← Proto-Italic *ap →
RareFirst used First attested in the mid 19ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of abscess
adjectiveabscessed (comparative more abscessed, superlative most abscessed)

comparative more abscessed · superlative most abscessed

  1. medicineAffected by an abscess.First known use First attested in the mid 19ᵗʰ century.

    The sore was abscessed and filled with pus.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveinfected and filled with pus

Similar
septicinfected
Also see
infectedseptic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinab
  5. Latinabs-
  6. Latincēdō
  7. Latinabscēdō
  8. Latinabscessus
  9. Englishabscess
  10. Englishabscessed

From abscess + -ed.

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Translations

Dutch met een abces
  • met een abcesof an abscess
Finnish paiseinen
  • paiseinenof an abscess
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APA

abscessed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abscessed

MLA

“abscessed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abscessed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abscessed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abscessed.

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