Reverse Dictionary: ABSCESS

ABSCESS,  ABSCESSED

ADJECTIVES
1790 BEALED abscessed; festered; infected → Eng. & Amer. dial.


NOUNS
1400 BEAL an abscess; a pustule or boil → obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
1605 BEALING an abscess; suppuration; a boil → obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
1610 ABSCESSION an abscess → obs.
1710 IMPOSTUME an abscess → US
1808 INCOME an abscess, swelling, , boil, or other festering sore; a sharp attack of pain → Sc.
1825 ADDLE an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister → Eng. dial.
1838 INGROWTH an abscess, tumour, or the like → Sc.
1857 APSE an abscess, a tumour → Eng. dial.
1903 — NABSY NAPSY an abscess → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 MAPSY an abscess → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1943 ANT HEAP an abscess, a carbuncle → Amer. dial.
1966 RAISING an abscess, a boil, or other swelling → Amer. dial.