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Webster 1913 Edition


Suppurative

Sup′pu-ra-tive

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
suppuratif
.]
Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.
Suppurative fever
(Med.)
,
pyaemia.

Sup′pu-ra-tive

,
Noun.
(Med.)
A suppurative medicine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Suppurative

SUP'PURATIVE

,
Adj.
Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.

SUP'PURATIVE

,
Noun.
A medicine that promotes suppuration.

Definition 2024


suppurative

suppurative

English

Adjective

suppurative (comparative more suppurative, superlative most suppurative)

  1. (medicine, of a disease or medical condition) Causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.

Derived terms

  • suppuratively (rare)

Translations

Noun

suppurative (plural suppuratives)

  1. A medicine that causes suppuration.

Related terms


French

Adjective

suppurative

  1. feminine singular of suppuratif

Italian

Adjective

suppurative

  1. feminine plural of suppurativo