a swollen (= larger than normal) and painful area on your skin or in your body, full of a thick yellow liquid (called pus)脓肿- He had a painful abscess on his gum.他的牙龈脓肿疼痛。
Extra Examples- I developed an abscess on my neck.我脖子上长了个脓包。
- Once an abscess has burst it should be bathed with antiseptic liquid.脓包一破溃，就应该用抗菌液清洗。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + abscessabscess + verbSee full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin abscessus ‘a going away’, from the verb abscedere, from ab- ‘away from’ + cedere ‘go’, referring to the elimination of infected matter via the pus.