suppuration

2 definitions found

suppuration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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suppuration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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