noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a fluid product of inflammation wordnet
3. 3
   The act of suppurating. countable, uncountable

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

4. 4
   (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abscessblebblisterboilbunioncanker

Example

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

Etymology

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

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