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English
Etymology
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”).
Noun
aposteme (plural apostemes)
- (medicine, obsolete) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.
Derived terms
Translations
Italian
Noun
aposteme f
- plural of apostema
Old French
Noun
aposteme oblique singular, m (oblique plural apostemes, nominative singular apostemes, nominative plural aposteme)
- (medicine) aposteme
Portuguese
Verb
aposteme
- inflection of apostemar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative