suppuration

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

suppuration (countable and uncountable, plural suppurations)

1. (medicine) The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
2. (medicine) The act of suppurating.
   • 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John, An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies‎^[1], page 178:

     by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes...

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suppuration f (plural suppurations)

1. suppuration

• → Romanian: supurație
• → Turkish: süpürasyon

• “suppuration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.