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An abscess (Latin: abscessus) is a collection of pus (neutrophils) that has accumulated within a tissue because of an inflammatory process in response to either an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters bullet wounds or injecting needles).

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