SUPPURATIVE

suppurative

(adjective) relating to or characterized by suppuration

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

suppurative (comparative more suppurative, superlative most suppurative)

(medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.

Noun

suppurative (plural suppuratives)

A medicine that causes suppuration.

Source: Wiktionary


Sup"pu*ra*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. suppuratif.]

Definition: Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. Suppurative fever (Med.), pyæmia.

Sup"pu*ra*tive, n. (Med.)

Definition: A suppurative medicine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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