Abscess

"Abscess" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Accumulation of purulent material in tissues, organs, or circumscribed spaces, usually associated with signs of infection.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Abscess" by people in this website by year, and whether "Abscess" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 105 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2007 and 2010
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