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English noun: suppuration

1. suppuration (process) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus


Synonymsfestering, maturation


Broader (hypernym)activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process


Domain categorymedical specialty, medicine

2. suppuration (body) a fluid product of inflammation


Synonymsfestering, ichor, purulence, pus, sanies


Broader (hypernym)bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance


Narrower (hyponym)gleet









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