miliary abscess

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Any of numerous minute collections of pus widely disseminated throughout an area or the whole body.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

The American-led miliary coalition denied the charges of abuse.
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International|Nico Hines, Sami Yousafzai|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Various scratches and cuts line her arms and face; a pus-filled abscess burns on her right arm.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When he finally goes to see a dentist, he learns that he has an abscess: the tooth is rotten, threatening to overtake his jaw.
‘Mad Men’ Returns: A Recap of Season Five|Jace Lacob|April 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Rapport, who took the lovers part, had been kept awake all night by an abscess on his finger, and was nearly fainting.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky

If he has opened his abscess with a bronze lancet and has made him lose his eye, he shall pay money, half his price.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World|Hammurabi, King of Babylon
The king can be saved by injecting through the ear a remedy which will draw the contents of the abscess through that passage.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
The bulging of the canvas became larger, and was still increasing, like a frightful abscess ready to burst.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
The maddest boil, unless it kill you with its torments, does at length burst, and become an abscess.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle