Brodie's abscess
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, who described it.
Noun
[edit]Brodie's abscess (plural Brodie's abscesses)
- (pathology) An abscess located near the joint end of a bone.
References
[edit]- Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 9