English Explanatory Dictionary

suppuration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
  2. The act of suppurating.

Word forms

suppuration suppurations

Etymology

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

Related words

suppurative suppuratory
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