Suppuration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Suppuration is a noun meaning (medicine) The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
Meaning
(medicine) The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
More Meanings
- (medicine) The act of suppurating.
Example Sentences
by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes.
Word Forms
- suppurations
Synonyms for suppuration
Depending on context, synonyms include ichor, purulence, sanies, festering, pus.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purulence, sanies, pus, festering, ichor, pyopoiesis.
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