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suppurating

[suhp-yuh-reyt]

sup·pu·rate

[suhp-yuh-reyt]
verb (used without object), -rat·ed, -rat·ing.
to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin suppūrātus (past participle of suppūrāre), equivalent to sup- sup- + pūr- (stem of pūs) pus + -ātus -ate1

un·sup·pu·rat·ed, adjective
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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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