suppurate

[ suhp-yuh-reyt ]
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verb (used without object),sup·pu·rat·ed, sup·pu·rat·ing.
  1. to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.

Origin of suppurate

1
1555–65; <Latin suppūrātus (past participle of suppūrāre), equivalent to sup-sup- + pūr- (stem of pūs) pus + -ātus-ate1

Other words from suppurate

  • un·sup·pu·rat·ed, adjective

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How to use suppurate in a sentence

  • If the Fallopian tubes are involved, and this happens frequently, they suppurate, and often they must be removed by coeliotomy.

  • He is in the most favourable position for the wounds in his back and chest to suppurate easily, and absolute rest is necessary.

    The Secret of the Island | W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)
  • Some of them seemed to be simply swollen red blood corpuscles, ready to burst, or as it were, suppurate.

  • The lymph glands behind the angle of the jaw enlarge and become tender, and may suppurate from superadded infection.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • The affected glands nearly always break down and suppurate, and after destroying the overlying skin give rise to fungating ulcers.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for suppurate

suppurate

/ (ˈsʌpjʊˌreɪt) /


verb
  1. (intr) pathol (of a wound, sore, etc) to discharge pus; fester

Origin of suppurate

1
C16: from Latin suppūrāre, from sub- + pūs pus

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