suppuration

Etymology

1540s, from Latin suppūrātiō.

noun

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

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