# Abszess in English: abscess – dental dictionary

> German dental term "Abszess" in English: abscess. Category Oral surgery, with US/UK spelling, synonyms and the sources that confirm the translation.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/abszess  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:26:04Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/abszess.md

**Abszess** = **abscess**

- **English (US):** abscess
- **Category:** Oral surgery

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D000038 · Abscess / Abszeß): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D000038](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D000038)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Abszess](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abszess), [en.wikipedia.org: Abscess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess), [Wikidata Q164655](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164655)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abszess](https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abszess)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abscess](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abscess)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.