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Pronunciation: [ɪmpˈɒsthjuːm] (IPA)

Imposthume is a medical term used to describe a collection of pus in the body, usually caused by an infection or inflammation. There are several synonyms for the word imposthume, including abscess, boil, carbuncle, furuncle, pustule, and suppuration. These terms can be used interchangeably to describe the same condition, although some may be more specific to certain areas of the body. For example, a carbuncle is a deep abscess that occurs on the back of the neck or thigh, while a pustule is a small, raised bump on the skin filled with pus. Proper diagnosis and treatment of an imposthume is essential to prevent complications or the spread of infection.
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They gone I to the office, and there very late with Mr. Willson and my people about the making of a new contract for the victualler, which do and will require a great deal of pains of me, and so to supper and to bed, my wife being pretty well all this day by reason of her Imposthume being broke in her cheek into her mouth.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
And the very day before his end, it being told him that the magistrate Granius deferred the payment of a public debt, in expectation of his death, he sent for him to his house, and placing his attendants about him, caused him to be strangled; but through the straining of his voice and body, the Imposthume breaking, he lost a great quantity of blood.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
In just the same way Hamlet speaks of the expedition of Fortinbras: "This is the Imposthume of much wealth and peace, That inward breaks."
"The Man Shakespeare"
Frank Harris

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