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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A medicine that causes suppuration.

Adjective

1. 1
   Of a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.

Adjective

1. 1
   relating to or characterized by suppuration wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

badbloodycorruptdecomposedfesteringfoul

Antonyms

All antonyms

nonsuppurative

Etymology

From suppurate + -ive, from Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō.

Related phrases

chronic suppurative otitis media

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