What does "suppuration" mean?

The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.

What is a synonym for "suppuration"?

Common synonyms include: purulence, abscess, abscessing, bleb, blister, boil.

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself. countable, uncountable
2
a fluid product of inflammation wordnet
3
The act of suppurating. countable, uncountable
"by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes..."
4
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus wordnet

"by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes..."

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.