suppuration
English
Etymology
1540s, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sūppuratiō.
Noun
suppuration (countable and uncountable, plural suppurations)
- (medicine) Decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
- (medicine) The act of suppurating.
- 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...
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Translations
decay in tissue producing pus
the act of suppurating
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