Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
relating to or characterized by suppuration;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suppurative \Sup"pu*ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. suppuratif.]
Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.
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Suppurative fever (Med.), pyaemia.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suppurative \Sup"pu*ra*tive\, n. (Med.)
A suppurative medicine.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
suppurative
adj 1: relating to or characterized by suppuration [ant:
nonsuppurative]