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• n  symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

• Packing the abscess cavity with gauze failed to stop bleeding.
• The surgeon swiftly lanced the abscess.
• This newspaper – not only on its editorial page but also in its news columns – is an abscess of smug, unexamined left-wing assumption, which is just as unhealthy as smug, unexamined right-wing assumption.

News & Articles

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• Spurs guard Mills out for Finals with foot abscess
  Spurs guard Mills out for Finals with foot abscess
  June 17, 2013 - CBS Sports
• Spurs' G Mills (foot) done for rest of postseason
  The Spurs announced Sunday that reserve guard Patty Mills will not be available for the remainder of the 2013 NBA Finals against the Heat after undergoing surgery to remove an abscess on his foot.
  June 16, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Spurs’ Patty Mills out for season after foot surgery
  The Spurs announced Sunday that reserve guard Patty Mills will not be available for the remainder of the 2013 NBA Finals against the Heat after undergoing surgery to remove an abscess on his foot.
  June 16, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Mike Holmgren in San Jose Mercury News
  We thought it was a little pull or tear or something, and it turned out he had an abscess in there,Holmgren said.
• Dr Gary I Wadler in KCTV5 News
  It is far less likely that any injection of vitamin B12 or lidocaine, which is usually not injected deep into the body, would have created an abscess,said Dr. Gary I. Wadler, a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency, according to the Times....
• Henry Cecil in Sportinglife.com
  Connections revealed last Friday that Passage Of Time had been troubled by a small throat abscess, and Cecil added: "I was always a bit worried about the abscess in her epiglottis because they can be a nuisance. It's not bothering her, but they can...