aposteme

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)

1. (medicine, obsolete) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.

Derived terms

• apostemate

 

Translations

a pustulent swelling

• Portuguese: apostema m

Italian

Noun

aposteme f

1. plural of apostema

Old French

Noun

aposteme oblique singular, m (oblique plural apostemes, nominative singular apostemes, nominative plural aposteme)

1. (medicine) aposteme

Portuguese

Verb

aposteme

1. inflection of apostemar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative