suppuration
Americannoun
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the discharging of pus from a wound, sore, etc
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the discharge itself
Etymology
Origin of suppuration
1535–45; < Latin suppūrātiōn- (stem of suppūrātiō ) a forming of pus. See suppurate, -ion
Example Sentences
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In their appendicitis, however, "suppuration is the exception rather than the rule, and the primary pathologic change tends to be a massive variety of gangrene, a true tissue death."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dread like suppuration oozes from the deep, unmedicated wound in her mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
A spongy cauliflower-shaped mass on the back of his head and other body growths gave off an odious suppuration.
From Time Magazine Archive
He burns the body to bring on a fever in cases of chronic diseases of the joints, obstinate suppuration, cardiac inflammation following chronic ulceration.
From Time Magazine Archive
In some epidemics of cholera suppuration of the parotid gland is occasionally observed, while in others it may be entirely absent.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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