suppuration

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
noun a fluid product of inflammation

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

The wound remains perfectly healthy and is healing without suppuration or parting--which "speaks volumes" for your skill. — 'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands, Eliot H. (Eliot Harlow) Robinson
The suppuration was much less abundant, and thanks to the incessant care by which he was surrounded!--Herbert returned to life, and his fever abated. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne
The extent of some of the lesions presented a serious danger, the suppuration of large wounds being always liable to become re-absorbed, and consequently, to kill the sick man, under certain atmospheric conditions; at every change of weather, at the slightest storm, the physician was uneasy. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

festering, maturation

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