apostemation

English

Etymology

Latin apostematio: compare French apostémation.

Noun

apostemation (plural apostemations)

1. (obsolete, medicine) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
   • 1734, Richard Wiseman, Eight chirurgical treatises, 6th edition, volume 2, London: Benjamin Motte, page 42:

     For I have known Pieces of Splinters etc. sometimes stick so fast in the inward Parts, or to have been so inclosed, that we could by no means get them out; yet at length, upon Apostemation of the Part, they have thrust forth.

References

• “apostemation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.