Suppuration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suppuration \Sup`pu*ra"tion\, n. [L. suppuratio: cf. F.
     suppuration.]
     1. The act or process of suppurating.
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     2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suppuration
       n 1: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or
            a vesicle and the discharge of pus [syn: {festering}, {maturation}]
       2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {purulence}, {ichor},
           {sanies}, {festering}]