aposteme

From Middle English aposteme (“a swelling, inflamation”), from Old French aposteme and Late Latin apostēma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστημα (apóstēma, “abcesse”) (source of Modern Greek απόστημα (apóstima, “abscess”)), related to ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to remove”).

aposteme (plural apostemes)

1. (medicine, obsolete) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.

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aposteme f

1. plural of apostema

aposteme oblique singular, m (oblique plural apostemes, nominative singular apostemes, nominative plural aposteme)

1. (medicine) aposteme

aposteme

1. inflection of apostemar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative