impostume
Meanings
noun
- An abscess.
verb
- Alternative form of imposthume.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”).
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