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Definition: ABSCESSES |
ABSCESSESPlural1. Of Abscess |
Crosswords: ABSCESSES |
| English words defined with "ABSCESSES": warble fly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ABSCESSES": Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial, avian pseudotuberculosis ♦ canary cholera, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Corynebacterium pyogenes ♦ Fusobacterium necrophorum ♦ Hidradenitis Suppurativa ♦ Melioidosis, Mycobacterium chelonae ♦ Paranasal Sinus Diseases, Perimeningeal Infections, Propionibacterium acnes ♦ skin specialis, Streptococcus equi. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ABSCESSES": Abscess. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Health | Recurrent deep abscesses in the skin or organs. (references) | |
PID can lead to internal abscesses (pus pockets that are hard to cure), long-lasting pelvic pain, and infertility. (references) | ||
From infancy, children with Hyper-IgE are plagued by severe, recurrent abscesses, especially of the skin and lungs. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ABSCESSES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ABSCESSES" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 33 | 60,273 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ABSCESSES": Boils and abscesses. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ABSCESSES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | è„"è‚¿ (Abscess). (various references) | |
Danish | multiple abscesser (multiple abscesses), Brodie's absces (Brodie abscess, Brodie circumscribed abscesses of bone). (various references) | |
Dutch | abscessus van Brodie (Brodie abscess, Brodie circumscribed abscesses of bone), abces van Brodie (Brodie abscess, Brodie circumscribed abscesses of bone), multipele abscessen (multiple abscesses). (various references) | |
French | abcès(m.)multiples (multiple abscesses), abcès de Brodie (Brodie abscess, Brodie circumscribed abscesses of bone). (various references) | |
German | multiple Abszesse (multiple abscesses), Brodie Abszess (Brodie abscess, Brodie circumscribed abscesses of bone). (various references) | |
Greek | πολλαπλό απόστημα (multiple abscesses), απόστημα Brodie (Brodie abscess, Brodie circumscribed abscesses of bone). (various references) | |
Italian | ascessi. (various references) | |
Korean | ë†ì–‘ (Abscess). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abscessesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abcessos múltiplos (multiple abscesses), abcesso de Brodie (Brodie abscess, Brodie circumscribed abscesses of bone). (various references) | |
Spanish | abscesos. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"ABSCESSES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abscessess, abscissic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-s-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: abscess, asceses. | |
-3 letters: assess, basses, ceases, cesses, sasses. | |
-4 letters: asses, bases, cases, cease, eases, esses, sabes, scabs. | |
-5 letters: aces, base, bass, bees, cabs, case, cees, cess, ease, eses, sabe, sabs, sacs, sass, scab, seas, secs, sees. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-s-s-s-s" | |
+4 letters: subacidnesses, substanceless. | |
+5 letters: abstractnesses, accessibleness, brackishnesses, scabrousnesses, sociablenesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 53 43 45 53 53 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... ... -.-. . ... ... . ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01010011 01000011 01000101 01010011 01010011 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B S C E S S E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 0053 0043 0045 0053 0053 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)353653373953533953 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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