Aposthume

/ˈæpɑːstuːm/ noun

A variant spelling of aposteme or apostume; an abscess or suppurating swelling in older medical texts.

From Greek apostema, but altered through Middle English phonetic shifting and spelling variation. The -ume ending represents how English adapted Greek medical terms during the medieval period.

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