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View synonyms for suppuration

suppuration

[ suhp-yuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the process of suppurating.
  2. the matter produced by suppuration; pus.


suppuration

/ ˌsʌpjʊˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the discharging of pus from a wound, sore, etc
  2. the discharge itself
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suppuration1

1535–45; < Latin suppūrātiōn- (stem of suppūrātiō ) a forming of pus. See suppurate, -ion
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Example Sentences

Suppuration will thus be promoted, and the matter may be allowed to escape by making an opening for it at the place it points.

If not properly attended to, the suppuration soon terminates in mortification.

It is customary to commence the study of the pathogenic bacteria with the Organisms of Suppuration.

The suppuration was much less abundant, and—thanks to the incessant care by which he was surrounded!

Quinsy, kwin′zi, n. an inflammatory affection of the substance of the tonsils, attended when fully developed by suppuration.

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