Meriwether Lewis

A woman brought her child with an abscess in the lower part of the back, and offered as much corn as she could carry for some medicine; we administered to it of course very cheerfully.

American Explorer

Rona Barrett

The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.

American Journalist

Julien Baker

Some songs just fall out of you. And some you have to wrestle out like an abscess.

American Musician

Used to describe a health issue – know it’s a medical term.

Medical Condition

Understand that an abscess is often associated with discomfort or pain.

Typically Painful

An abscess usually needs medical attention or surgery.

Requires Treatment

Abscess is often used in relation to dental issues.

Dental Context

Learning that abscesses are caused by infections hints at spread or contagion risk.

Cause Implications

The word conveys a serious health topic, not used in a light-hearted way.

Serious Tone

 this photo was taken things were starting to get a little bit desperate eyed headed out into a place called the bit park dollar that translates to something like the hungry or the starving step in fact it was two days to Christmas one of the horses had developed an abscess there were storms coming in the tent had begun to fall

Tim Cope: On the Trail...

 pick those up and to be able to do what it means to do to say nice and safe but look at this one digging for roots now that any day some adults if you look on all its tummy you'll notice that there is actually a little abscess that is going on it's tummy at the moment I

Safari Live - Day 242 PIPE...

 probably from her either from a claw while feeding maybe she got one of those bad abscesses in the eye or maybe she got kicked by something as she was trying to eat I suppose you can't blame an animal that kicking a lion in the face can you it's about to get mauled to

Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...

 bump on her head which is an abscess in one to four so some skeletons I think have character got a Chinese water deer and I'm working on right now getting the skeleton I actually see that the whole left side of his body was deformed and his hoar hip

Bone Collector PIPE Ben...

 you can see here like this big bulge this big pad that's been left over that's the remnants of an abscess and that abscess would have been caused from her days in a in a logging camp and the harness that she wore would have rubbed

Elephants Freed From...

 I had shows booked up for another year. I was on a high. And I couldn't. I could not. My life was not exuberant. I could not live this larger than life person. I started exploring the darker abscesses of the human mind.

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 And the fire that burned in me on day three through six of chemo is the fire that is burning in the forests of the world. I know that the abscess that grew around my wound after the operation,

Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...

 once she's safe the team can start their work the abscess is huge it's drained and cleaned thoroughly the team work as

Top 5 Nail-Biting...

The 24/7 Wild Collection...

 Once she's safe, the team can start their work. The abscess is huge. It's drained and cleaned thoroughly.