ABSCESS is validvalid

to form a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue [v ABSCESSED, ABSCESSES, ABSCESSING]

31,689 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

a collection of pus in a cavity, usually causing an inflamed swelling [n -ES] / to form an abscess [v -ED, -ING, -ES]