Definition of suppuration

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Suppurate (v. t.) To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore..

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Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption..
Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone..
Mature :: Mature (superl.) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration..
Digestion :: Digestion (n.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
Antipyic :: Antipyic (a.) Checking or preventing suppuration.
Purulent :: Purulent (a.) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation..
Suppurative :: Suppuration (n.) The matter produced by suppuration; pus.
Boil :: Boil (n.) 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..
Imposthumation :: Imposthumation (n.) The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration.
Maturate :: Maturate (a.) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
Vives :: Vives (n.) A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration..
Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not..
Suppurative :: Suppurative (a.) Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.
Maturative :: Maturative (a.) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration..
Maturant :: Maturant (n.) A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration..
Pus :: Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
Apostemation :: Apostemation (n.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
Suppuration :: Suppuration (n.) The act or process of suppurating.
Digestive :: Digestive (n.) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration..
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