#abscessation

• abcedare - The pathological process of abscess formation; the transformation of an acute inflammation or diffuse inflammatory infiltrate (such as cellulitis or phlegmon) into a well-circumscribed purulent collection, accompanied by liquefactive tissue necrosis.
• abcedere - The action or process of forming an abscess; the nominalized form describing the transition of an inflammatory cell infiltrate into a circumscribed purulent collection.