Home › Words › I › impostumeimpostume/ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/impostume · noun — an abscess.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).impostume is pronounced /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/.EtymologyFrom Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”).nounAn abscess.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.imposthumation 80% match — The formation of an abscess; inflammation; suppuration vs impostume →imposthumate 79% match — To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. vs impostume →aposteme 75% match — An abscess; a pustulent swelling. vs impostume →abscessation 61% match — The formation or development of an abscess vs impostume →apostemation 61% match — The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. vs impostume →phyma 60% match — A tubercle, tumor, or abscess on any external part of the body. vs impostume →apostemate 60% match — To become an aposteme; to pustulate. vs impostume →abscess 60% match — A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. vs impostume →