suppuration
[suhp-yuh-rey-shuh n]
noun
the process of suppurating.
the matter produced by suppuration; pus.
Origin of suppuration
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Related Words for suppuration
flow, emission, seepage, infection, discharge, pus, ulceration, maturation, suppuration, purulence, excretion, movement, matter, sinus, pustule, vent, shower, ooze, secretion, eliminationExamples from the Web for suppuration
Historical Examples of suppuration
At other times, there are tubercles in almost every state of hardness, and in that of suppuration.
Cattle and Their DiseasesRobert Jennings
There is no disposition to suppuration of the neighboring glands.
Special Report on Diseases of the HorseUnited States Department of Agriculture
Adenitis, or suppuration of the glands, has just been mentioned.
Special Report on Diseases of the HorseUnited States Department of Agriculture
Frequently there are traces of suppuration and of ulceration.
Special Report on Diseases of the HorseUnited States Department of Agriculture
If the suppuration is extensive the process may terminate fatally.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.)Grant Hague
suppuration
noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
suppuration
[sŭp′yə-rā′shən]
n.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.