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View synonyms for suppuration

suppuration

[ suhp-yuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the process of suppurating.
  2. the matter produced by suppuration; pus.


suppuration

/ ˌsʌpjʊˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the discharging of pus from a wound, sore, etc
  2. the discharge itself
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suppuration1

1535–45; < Latin suppūrātiōn- (stem of suppūrātiō ) a forming of pus. See suppurate, -ion
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Example Sentences

Salts, dissolved in hot water, draw the suppurations from boils.

Learning about the body’s many excretions, secretions and suppurations in medical school, I realized that each medical specialty has its own essential effluent.

The bird is slain and it lies before you, browned in its own suppurations.

Of course, he didn’t have any idea what the hell she was talking about either, but he started laughing while the rest of us were still looking up “suppuration” on the feed English-to-English wordbook.

A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

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