abscess

English Thesaurus

1. symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue (noun.state)

hypernym	:	symptom,
definition	:	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease (noun.state)

hyponym	:	abscessed tooth,
definition	:	an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth (noun.state)

part holonym	:	head,
definition	:	the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) (noun.state)

part holonym	:	purulence, purulency,
definition	:	symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) (noun.state)