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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.
SUP'PURATIVE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
suppurative
suppurative
English
Adjective
suppurative (comparative more suppurative, superlative most suppurative)
- (medicine, of a disease or medical condition) Causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
Derived terms
- suppuratively (rare)
Translations
causing the production of pus
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Noun
suppurative (plural suppuratives)
- A medicine that causes suppuration.