Suppurate

['sʌpjʊreɪt] or ['sʌpjə'ret]

Definition

(verb.) cause to ripen and discharge pus; 'The oil suppurates the pustules'.

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Definition

(v. i.) To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.

(v. t.) To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.

Typist: Nigel

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Fester, maturate, discharge pus.

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Definition

v.i. to gather pus or matter.—n. Suppurā′tion a morbid process which gives rise to the formation of pus one of the commonest products of inflammation.—adj. Supp′urātive tending to suppurate: promoting suppuration.—n. a medicine which promotes suppuration.

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