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suppuration

[ suhp-yuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the process of suppurating.
  2. the matter produced by suppuration; pus.


suppuration

/ ËŒ²õÊŒ±èÂáʊˈ°ù±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. the discharging of pus from a wound, sore, etc
  2. the discharge itself
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of suppuration1

1535–45; < Latin ²õ³Ü±è±èÅ«°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²õ³Ü±è±èÅ«°ùÄå³Ù¾±Å ) a forming of pus. See suppurate, -ion
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Salts, dissolved in hot water, draw the suppurations from boils.

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Learning about the body’s many excretions, secretions and suppurations in medical school, I realized that each medical specialty has its own essential effluent.

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The bird is slain and it lies before you, browned in its own suppurations.

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Of course, he didn’t have any idea what the hell she was talking about either, but he started laughing while the rest of us were still looking up “suppuration†on the feed English-to-English wordbook.

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A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

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