Aposteme
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An abscess; a pustulent swelling. obsolete
Etymology
From Middle English aposteme (“a swelling, inflamation”), from Old French aposteme and Late Latin apostēma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστημα (apóstēma, “abcesse”) (source of Modern Greek απόστημα (apóstima, “abscess”)), related to ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to remove”).
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