🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

फोड़ा

Pronunciation / Transliteration: phoda

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Abscess/ˈæb.ses/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"डाक्टर ने त्वचा पर हुए फोड़े का इलाज किया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus.

    "The dentist treated the painful dental abscess with antibiotics and a minor procedure."
  2. 2

    A localized cavity of infection and inflammation in any organ or tissue of the body.

    "Imaging scans revealed a deep-seated hepatic abscess requiring drainage."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'abscessus', meaning 'a going away or departure' (from 'abscedere', to depart or withdraw), referring historically to the separation of humors. It entered the English language in the 16th century, shifting in meaning to describe a localized collection of pus in bodily tissues.

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