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suppurative
[ suhp-yuh-rey-tiv ]
noun
- a medicine or application that promotes suppuration.
suppurative
/ ˈsʌpjʊrətɪv /
adjective
- causing suppuration
noun
- any suppurative drug
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Other Words From
- non·suppu·rative adjective
- post·suppu·rative adjective
- un·suppu·rative adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suppurative1
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Example Sentences
All inflammatory and suppurative diseases cause leukocytosis, except when slight or well walled off.
He was the first to observe that its suppurative form does not occur primarily, but is secondary to coagulation of the blood.
Panaritium, pan-a-rish′i-um, n. suppurative inflammation in a finger—same as whitlow.
Panophthalmitis, pan-of-thal-mī′tis, n. suppurative inflammation of the whole eye.
The term is applied to those peculiar suppurative and ulcerative conditions of the skin due to the tubercle bacilli.
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