Accumulation of purulent material in tissues, organs, or circumscribed spaces, usually associated with signs of infection.
Synonyms: Abscess, Abscesses
Instance information
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coordinate with site (organ/disease term) + precoordinated organism/infection term; if unspecified bacterial abscess do not coordinate with BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (since most abscesses are bacterial) but coordinate with specific bacterial infection term if given (as ABSCESS + STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS)
identifier
D000038