suppurate
English
Verb
suppurate (third-person singular simple present suppurates, present participle suppurating, simple past and past participle suppurated)
- (intransitive) To form or discharge pus.
- 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
- Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously evident on their hairless bodies.
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- (transitive) To cause to generate pus.
- to suppurate a sore
Translations
form or discharge pus
Italian
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