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The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The act of suppurating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
a fluid product of inflammation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pus, purulence, ichor, sanies, festering
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
Narrower terms: gleet
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: festering, maturation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
гноясване
(gnojasvane)
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Finnish:
märkä
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Finnish:
suppuraatio
— decay in tissue producing pus
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French:
suppuration
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Middle English:
maturacioun
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Middle English:
maturynge
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Middle English:
rotennesse
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Portuguese:
supuração
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Russian:
нагноение
(nagnojenije)
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Tagalog:
pagnanana
— decay in tissue producing pus
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Bulgarian:
заднояване
(zadnojavane)
— the act of suppurating
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Finnish:
märkiminen
— the act of suppurating
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French:
suppuration
— the act of suppurating
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Italian:
suppurazione
— the act of suppurating
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Māori:
taematakutanga
— the act of suppurating
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Middle English:
maturacioun
— the act of suppurating
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Middle English:
maturynge
— the act of suppurating
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Romanian:
supurație
— the act of suppurating
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Russian:
нагноение
(nagnojenije)
— the act of suppurating
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Turkish:
cerahatlenme
— the act of suppurating
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Turkish:
irinlenme
— the act of suppurating
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Turkish:
süpürasyon
— the act of suppurating