Definition of Suppuration

1. Noun. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.

Exact synonyms: Festering, Maturation
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Generic synonyms: Activity, Bodily Function, Bodily Process, Body Process
Derivative terms: Fester, Maturate, Mature, Suppurate, Suppurate

2. Noun. A fluid product of inflammation.
Exact synonyms: Festering, Ichor, Purulence, Pus, Sanies
Generic synonyms: Bodily Fluid, Body Fluid, Humor, Humour, Liquid Body Substance
Specialized synonyms: Gleet
Derivative terms: Ichorous, Sanious, Suppurate, Suppurate

Definition of Suppuration

1. n. The act or process of suppurating.

Definition of Suppuration

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suppuration

suppressible
suppressing
suppression
suppressions
suppressive
suppressiveness
suppressive fire
suppressor
suppressors
suppressor gene
suppurate
suppurated
suppurates
suppurating
suppurating sore
suppuration (current term)
suppurations
suppurative
supra
suprainfection
supraliminal
supramolecular
supranational
supranormal
supraocular
supraoptic
supraorbital
supraorbital ridge
supraorbital torus
supraorbital vein

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