suppuration

Noun
Synonyms: festeringmaturationpuspurulenceichorsanies

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pusSynonyms: festeringmaturation
  2. a fluid product of inflammationSynonyms: puspurulenceichorsaniesfestering
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Suppuration \Sup`pu*ra"tion\, n. [L. suppuratio: cf. F. suppuration.]

1.The act or process of suppurating. [1913 Webster]

2.The matter produced by suppuration; pus. [1913 Webster]

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