suppuration

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English

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Etymology

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

Noun

suppuration (countable and uncountable, plural suppurations)

  1. (medicine) The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
  2. (medicine) The act of suppurating.
    • 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John, An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies‎, page 178:
      by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes...

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Noun

suppuration f (plural suppurations)

  1. suppuration

Descendants

  • → Romanian: supurație
  • → Turkish: süpürasyon

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