imposthumation
English
editEtymology
editSee apostemation.
Noun
editimposthumation (plural imposthumations)
- The formation of an abscess; inflammation; suppuration
- An abscess; an imposthume.
- 1816, James Ewell, The Medical Companion:
- Askew , a wealthy and facetious farmer of Cornwall , was afflicted with a most alarming imposthumation of which he appeared to be on the very point of suffocation
References
edit- “imposthumation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.