impostume
/ɪmˈpɒstjuːm
/(also imposthume)
noun archaic
A swelling containing pus; an abscess: an impostume in his breast the patient was dangerously ill of an imposthume
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French empostume, alteration of apostume, from Latin and Greek apostema 'separation of pus into an abscess', from Greek apostēnai 'withdraw'.
- pluralistically
- pluralistic ignorance
- plurality
- pluralization
- pluralize
- pluralizer
- plurally
- plural marriage
- plural society
- plural voting
- plurative
- plurennial
- pluri-
- pluriarc
- pluricellular
- pluricentral
- pluricultural
- pluricuspid
- pluridentate
- pluridimensional
- pluri-disciplinary
- pluries
- pluriflorous
- plurifoliate
- plurifoliolate