nonsuppurative

 [suhp-yuh-rey-tiv]  

sup·pu·ra·tive

   [suhp-yuh-rey-tiv]
adjective
1.
suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
2.
promoting suppuration.
noun
3.
a medicine or application that promotes suppuration.

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Nonsuppurative is always a great word to know.
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Origin:
1535–45; < Medieval Latin suppūrātīvus. See suppurate, -ive

Related forms
non·sup·pu·ra·tive, adjective
post·sup·pu·ra·tive, adjective
un·sup·pu·ra·tive, adjective
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nonsuppurative

adjective
not suppurative [ant: suppurative] 
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