impostumationimposthumationn.
/ɪmpɒstjuːˈmeɪʃən/ Now rare.
1. The formation of an impostume; festering, suppuration.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > formation of
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Imposthumacion or runnynge of a sore, suppurantia, suppuratio [etc.].
1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. v. 13 Hereby commeth inflammation, impostimation, and divers times Gangrene.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 184 They are troubled with a disease in the mouth or throat..Quinsies, and Impostumations of the Almonds.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Imposthumation, the formation of an imposthume.
2. = imposthume n. 1, 2.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess
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1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 185 I haue beene..sore vexed..with an impostumacion risen within my mouthe.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 86 Maligne Vlcers, and pernicious Impostumations.
a1788 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (1790) II. 448 An abscess, or imposthumation which may be relieved or cured by an opening.
1807 Med. Jrnl. 216 Two or three small imposthumations appeared forming on the legs.
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