apostemate

English

Etymology

From aposteme +‎ -ate.

Verb

apostemate (third-person singular simple present apostemates, present participle apostemating, simple past and past participle apostemated)

1. To become an aposteme; to pustulate.
   • 1734, Richard Wiseman, Eight Chirurgical Treatises‎^[1], volume 1, page 167:

     […] and afterwards the Breaſt ſwelled, and ſeemed to apoſtemate.

Related terms

• apostematous

Translations

to become an aposteme

• Portuguese: apostemar