suppuration
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˌsʌpəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
supuración
- After the surgery, the patient experienced suppuration around the incision site, indicating a possible infection.
Examples
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The lymph nodes of the neck are especially vulnerable to such infection, and when scrofula is untreated, painful abscesses and suppurations occur, which can affect the face and eyes.
Academic text (2011) -
Failure might be the result of recurrent or persistent cholesteatoma or persistent infection and suppuration following surgery for chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma.
Academic text (2002) -
Then use sulphonamide powder on the suppuration.
Fiction book (1996) -
A fracture of the ribs occasioned by a fall from his horse... was brought to a terrible suppuration.
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In 1974, Brandow delineated four major factors that he believed are responsible for continued cavity suppuration.
Academic text (2002) -
He started out by releasing the debut album of a project entitled Silentium in 1995, who at the time was the drummer of the death metal band Suppuration, which would later turn into the Ukrainian metal band Nokturnal Mortum.
Blog text (1) -
Intense suppuration and multiple tympanic membrane perforations have been described in some textbooks, but contemporary cases differ in that the presentation reflects a more chronic and indolent disease, and multiple perforations are rare.
Academic text (2005) -
The doctor explained that the wound was showing signs of suppuration due to the infection.
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The vet said that the suppuration in the dog's ear was caused by a bacterial infection.
Synonyms
1
8.2
An infected area fills with pus before it can be drained
Thick yellow or green liquid that comes from an infected wound
Pus that forms in a wound or body part during an infection
Antonyms
How Severe
- Specialized
23
7.5
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
594
3.1
- Specialized
53
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word suppuration comes from the Latin suppurare, which means 'to form pus'; it is built from sub- 'under' plus a word for pus, so you can imagine pus forming 'under' the skin. That's why suppuration today means the process of forming or releasing pus during an infection.