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suppuration

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of suppurating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

4

noun

Meaning 4

(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

History

Etymology

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гноясване (gnojasvane) — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Finnish: märkä — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Finnish: suppuraatio — decay in tissue producing pus
  • French: suppuration — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Middle English: maturacioun — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Middle English: maturynge — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Middle English: rotennesse — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Portuguese: supuração — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Russian: нагноение (nagnojenije) — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Tagalog: pagnanana — decay in tissue producing pus
  • Bulgarian: заднояване (zadnojavane) — the act of suppurating
  • Finnish: märkiminen — the act of suppurating
  • French: suppuration — the act of suppurating
  • Italian: suppurazione — the act of suppurating
  • Māori: taematakutanga — the act of suppurating
  • Middle English: maturacioun — the act of suppurating
  • Middle English: maturynge — the act of suppurating
  • Romanian: supurație — the act of suppurating
  • Russian: нагноение (nagnojenije) — the act of suppurating
  • Turkish: cerahatlenme — the act of suppurating
  • Turkish: irinlenme — the act of suppurating
  • Turkish: süpürasyon — the act of suppurating