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sup⋅pu⋅ra⋅tion

  [suhp-yuh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the process of suppurating.
2. the matter produced by suppuration; pus.
Origin:
1535–45; < L suppūrātiōn- (s. of suppūrātiō) a forming of pus. See suppurate, -ion
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sup·pu·ra·tion   (sŭp'yə-rā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The formation or discharge of pus.

  2. Pus.

sup'pu·ra'tive adj.
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Word Origin & History

suppuration 
1541, from L. suppurationem (nom. suppuratio), noun of action from suppuratum, pp. of suppurare "form or discharge pus," from sub "under" + stem of pus (see pus).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sup·pu·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "s&p-y&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the formation of, conversion into, or process ofdischarging pus suppuration> <suppuration in a wound>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

suppuration sup·pu·ra·tion (sŭp'yə-rā'shən)
n.
The formation or discharge of pus. Also called pyesis, pyopoiesis, pyosis.

sup'pu·ra'tive adj.

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