suppurate

English

Etymology

From Latin suppūrātus, past participle of suppūrō, from pūr-, stem of pūs.

Verb

suppurate (third-person singular simple present suppurates, present participle suppurating, simple past and past participle suppurated)

1. (intransitive) To form or discharge pus.
2. (transitive) To cause to generate pus.

   to suppurate a sore

   • 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John, An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies^[1], page 178:

     by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes...

Translations

form or discharge pus

• Arabic: تقيح (ar) (taqayyaHa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 化膿 (cmn), 化脓 (cmn) (huànóng), 潰爛 (cmn), 溃烂 (cmn) (kuìlàn)

• Czech: hnisat (cs)
• Finnish: märkiä (fi)
• French: suppurer (fr)

• Galician: supurar (gl)
• German: eitern (de)
• Japanese: 化膿する (ja) (かのうする, kanō-surú), 爛れる (ja), ただれる (ja) (tadareru)
• Luxembourgish: eeteren (lb)
• Portuguese: supurar (pt)
• Russian: гноиться (ru) (gnoít'sja)

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Italian

Verb

suppurate

1. second-person plural present indicative of suppurare
2. second-person plural imperative of suppurare
3. Feminine plural of suppurato