Abscesses

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of abscess form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of abscess form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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agueanemiaankylosisanoxiaapneaaposteme

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"There are cases on record where rapidly growing sarcomatous and angiomatous tumours, aneurysms, and the bruises that occur in haemophylics, have been mistaken for acute abscesses and incised, with disastrous results."

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