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Webster 1913 Edition


Apostemation

A-posˊte-ma′tion

,
Noun.
[LL.
apostematio
: cf. F.
apostémation
.]
(Med.)
The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
[Written corruptly
imposthumation
.]
Wiseman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apostemation

APOSTEMA'TION

,
Noun.
The formation of an aposteme; the process of gathering into an abscess; written corruptly imposthumation.

Definition 2024


apostemation

apostemation

English

Noun

apostemation (plural apostemations)

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