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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

abscess XVI. — F. abcès — L. abscessus (Celsus, rendering Gr. apóstēma IMPOST(H)UME), f. abscess-, pp. stem of abscēdere depart, f. ABS- + cēdere go.

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