# impostume

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/

## Definitions
1. An abscess.

## Etymology
From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”).

## Source
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