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DictionarySeeabscessring abscess
ring ab·scessan acute purulent inflammation of the corneal periphery in which a necrotic area is surrounded by an anular girdle of leukocytic infiltration.Cardiology A descriptive term for the histologic appearance of an abscess in infective endocarditis, which consists of a central focus of neutrophils, necrosis and bacteria, surrounded by fibroblasts and fibrosis, frayed cardiac muscle fibres and ‘round’ inflammatory cells—e.g., plasma cells and lymphocytes Ophthalmology A rounded intracorneal abscessring ab·scess (ring ab'ses) An acute purulent inflammation of the corneal periphery in which a necrotic area is surrounded by an anular girdle of leukocytic infiltration. |