suppurative

English

Etymology

From the Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō.

Adjective

suppurative (comparative more suppurative, superlative most suppurative)

1. (medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.

Derived terms

• chronic suppurative otitis media
• suppuratively (rare)

Translations

causing the production of pus

• French: suppuratif (fr) m, suppurative (fr) f
• Italian: suppurativo (it)
• Portuguese: supurativo
• Romanian: supurativ
• Turkish: süpüratif

Noun

suppurative (plural suppuratives)

1. A medicine that causes suppuration.

Related terms

• suppuration

French

Adjective

suppurative

1. feminine singular of suppuratif

Italian

Adjective

suppurative

1. feminine plural of suppurativo