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adj
Of a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
A medicine that causes suppuration.
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adjective
relating to or characterized by suppuration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: nonsuppurative
History
From suppurate + -ive, from Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō.
Across languages
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