SUPPURATION

pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering

(noun) a fluid product of inflammation

festering, suppuration, maturation

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

suppuration (countable and uncountable, plural suppurations)

(medicine) Decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.

(medicine) The act of suppurating.

Source: Wiktionary


Sup`pu*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. suppuratio: cf. F. suppuration.]

1. The act or process of suppurating.

2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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