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suppurative

[ suhp-yuh-rey-tiv ]

adjective

  1. suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
  2. promoting suppuration.


noun

  1. a medicine or application that promotes suppuration.

suppurative

/ ˈsʌpjʊrətɪv /

adjective

  1. causing suppuration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. any suppurative drug
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • non·suppu·rative adjective
  • post·suppu·rative adjective
  • un·suppu·rative adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of suppurative1

From the Medieval Latin word suppūrātīvus, dating back to 1535–45. See suppurate, -ive
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Example Sentences

All inflammatory and suppurative diseases cause leukocytosis, except when slight or well walled off.

He was the first to observe that its suppurative form does not occur primarily, but is secondary to coagulation of the blood.

Panaritium, pan-a-rish′i-um, n. suppurative inflammation in a finger—same as whitlow.

Panophthalmitis, pan-of-thal-mī′tis, n. suppurative inflammation of the whole eye.

The term is applied to those peculiar suppurative and ulcerative conditions of the skin due to the tubercle bacilli.

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