suppurant

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English

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Etymology

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At least superficially suppure +‎ -ant. Ultimately from Latin suppūrō.

Noun

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suppurant (plural suppurants)

  1. (medicine) A suppurative.

Adjective

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suppurant (not comparable)

  1. Producing or exuding pus.
    Synonyms: purulent, pussy
    a suppurant wound

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for suppurant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

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Participle

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suppurant

  1. present participle of suppurer

Further reading

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