suppuration
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suppuration (ˌsʌpjʊˈreɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the discharging of pus from a wound, sore, etc |
| 2. | the discharge itself |
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Suppuration
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Word Origin & History
suppuration
1540s, 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
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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Example sentences
As a matter of fact her back was covered with them, some in active suppuration, others in the ulcerating stage.
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