suppuration

English

Etymology

1540s, from Latin suppūrātiō.

Noun

suppuration (countable and uncountable, plural suppurations)

1. (medicine) Decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
2. (medicine) The act of suppurating.
   • 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John, An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies‎^[1], page 178:

     by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes...

Related terms

• suppurative

Translations

decay in tissue producing pus

• Bulgarian: гноясване n (gnojasvane)
• Finnish: märkä (fi), suppuraatio
• French: suppuration (fr) f
• Middle English: maturacioun, maturynge
• Portuguese: supuração (pt) f
• Russian: нагноение (ru) (nagnojenije)
• Tagalog: pagnanana

the act of suppurating

• Bulgarian: заднояване n (zadnojavane)
• Finnish: märkiminen (fi)
• French: suppuration (fr) f
• Italian: suppurazione (it) f
• Maori: taematakutanga
• Middle English: maturacioun, maturynge
• Romanian: supurație (ro) f
• Russian: нагноение (ru) (nagnojenije)
• Turkish: cerahatlenme (tr), irinlenme (tr), süpürasyon

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

suppuration f (plural suppurations)

1. suppuration

Descendants

• → Romanian: supurație
• → Turkish: süpürasyon

Further reading

• “suppuration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.