suppurate
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yəˌreɪt verb (used without object), sup·pu·rat·ed, sup·pu·rat·ing.
to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
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| —vb | |
| (intr) pathol (of a wound, sore, etc) to discharge pus; fester | |
| [C16: from Latin suppūrāre, from | |
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Suppurate
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suppurate sup·pu·rate (sŭp'yə-rāt')
v. sup·pu·rat·ed, sup·pu·rat·ing, sup·pu·rates
To form or discharge pus.
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Example sentences
Involved nodes become swollen and tender, and may suppurate.
The sores began to badly suppurate from the infections.
Inflammation spreads to the lymph nodes, which enlarge and may suppurate.
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