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embolic abscess

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em·bol·ic ab·scess

an abscess arising distal to the point of arrest of a septic embolus.

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embolic abscess

(1) An older term for an abscess that develops at the site of a septic embolus; e.g., metastatic abscess.
(2) An obsolete term for a gallstone.

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