apse n EDD ~ sb So D Co. An abscess; boil.
   P 148-64 [He has] an apse in gums or jaw which may need lancing. C 67-5 She has used bread poultice many times on us to draw out boils, apses, or the infection in rising fingers. M 71-44 An apse broke out and they said that everything came out of that side.

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