Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.

    нагноениеnagnojenije

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of suppurating.

    нагноениеnagnojenije

More definitions
  • (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
  • a fluid product of inflammation

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
decay in tissue producing pus:

Origin

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.

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Forms

plural: suppurations
Singularsuppuration
Pluralsuppurations

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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