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Word: Impostume
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French empostume, alteration of apostume, from Latin and Greek apostema ‘separation of pus into an abscess’, from Greek apostēnai ‘withdraw’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪmˈpɒstjuːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a swelling containing pus; an abscess
Short Definition:swelling containing pus
Examples:- an impostume in his breast
- the patient was dangerously ill of an imposthume
Variant Forms:
- imposthume
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