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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus;
[syn: festering, suppuration, maturation]
2. a fluid product of inflammation;
[syn: pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suppuration \Sup`pu*ra"tion\, n. [L. suppuratio: cf. F. suppuration.] 1. The act or process of suppurating. [1913 Webster] 2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus. [1913 Webster]
