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suppurative
[suhp-yuh-rey-tiv]
noun
a medicine or application that promotes suppuration.
suppurative
/ ˈʌʊəɪ /
adjective
causing suppuration
noun
any suppurative drug
Other Word Forms
- nonsuppurative adjective
- postsuppurative adjective
- unsuppurative adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of suppurative1
Example Sentences
"The findings provide a significant advance in our understanding of lung inflammation in children with wheeze and suppurative lung disease," she said.
Viserys was magnanimous in his initial forgiveness of Daemon and then demanding in his suppurative midnight lust.
At others, the suppurative inflammation may be seen to have eroded the derma, which is covered with a diphtheritic membranous exudation similar to that covering the mucous membranes lining the mouth, nose, and ears.
Bacillinum, then, combines in its action all its constituent products, owing its efficacy to its suppurative microbes as well as its inclusion of Koch's bacillus.
There was a question in men's minds as to whether nature worked better by primary union or by means of the suppurative process.
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