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    SUPPURATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A fluid product of inflammationplay

    Synonyms:

    festering; ichor; purulence; pus; sanies; suppuration

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("suppuration" is a kind of...):

    bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suppuration"):

    gleet (a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea)

    Derivation:

    suppurate (ripen and generate pus)

    suppurate (cause to ripen and discharge pus)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pusplay

    Synonyms:

    festering; maturation; suppuration

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural processes

    Hypernyms ("suppuration" is a kind of...):

    activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

    Domain category:

    medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

    Derivation:

    suppurate (ripen and generate pus)

    suppurate (cause to ripen and discharge pus)

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