Suppurative

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

  Suppurative \Sup"pu*ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. suppuratif.]
     Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.
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     {Suppurative fever} (Med.), pyaemia.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suppurative \Sup"pu*ra*tive\, n. (Med.)
     A suppurative medicine.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suppurative
       adj : relating to or characterized by suppuration [ant: {nonsuppurative}]