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English meaning

  • abscess noun A swollen, pus-filled pocket in the body, usually caused by infection.
  • boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
  • protuberance noun A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.

Senses

paise is used for these senses in English:

  • abscess (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
  • boil A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
  • bubo (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
  • protuberance A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.

abscess — full definition

  1. noun A swollen, pus-filled pocket in the body, usually caused by infection.
  2. verb To develop into a pus-filled swelling.

boil — full definition

  1. verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
  2. noun A painful, swollen, pus-filled lump on the skin caused by infection.

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