suppurative

American  

[suhp-yuh-rey-tiv] / ˈsʌp yəˌreɪ tɪv /

adjective

1. suppurating; characterized by suppuration.

2. promoting suppuration.

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noun

1. a medicine or application that promotes suppuration.

suppurative British  

/ ˈsʌpjʊrətɪv /

adjective

1. causing suppuration

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noun

1. any suppurative drug

Other Word Forms

• nonsuppurative adjective
• postsuppurative adjective
• unsuppurative adjective

Etymology

Origin of suppurative

From the Medieval Latin word suppūrātīvus, dating back to 1535–45. See suppurate, -ive

Example Sentences

"The findings provide a significant advance in our understanding of lung inflammation in children with wheeze and suppurative lung disease," she said.

From Science Daily

The fever of maturation or suppuration, or, as it is often called, the secondary fever, is lighted to activity with the onset of the suppurative process.

From Project Gutenberg

Bacillinum, then, combines in its action all its constituent products, owing its efficacy to its suppurative microbes as well as its inclusion of Koch's bacillus.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a question in men's minds as to whether nature worked better by primary union or by means of the suppurative process.

From Project Gutenberg

He made a special study of suppurative disease of the hip and taught many practical things with regard to it.

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