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/sup"yeuh ray'tiv/, adj.1. suppurating; characterized by suppuration.2. promoting suppuration.n.3. a medicine or application that promotes suppuration.[1535-45; < ML suppurativus. See SUPPURATE, -IVE]
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Suppurative — Sup pu*ra*tive, a. [Cf. F. suppuratif.] Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. [1913 Webster] {Suppurative fever} (Med.), py[ae]mia. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suppurative — Sup pu*ra*tive, n. (Med.) A suppurative medicine. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suppurative — 1540s, from Mod.L. suppurativus, from suppurat , stem of suppurare (see SUPPURATION (Cf. suppuration)) … Etymology dictionary
suppurative — Forming pus. * * * sup·pu·ra·tive səp yə .rāt iv adj of, relating to, or characterized by suppuration <suppurative arthritis> <suppurative lesions> * * * sup·pu·ra·tive (supґu ra″tiv) characterized by suppuration; called also… … Medical dictionary
suppurative — ● suppuratif, suppurative adjectif Qui provoque la suppuration … Encyclopédie Universelle
suppurative — suppurate ► VERB ▪ form or discharge pus. DERIVATIVES suppuration noun suppurative adjective. ORIGIN from Latin sub below + pus pus … English terms dictionary
Suppurative fever — Suppurative Sup pu*ra*tive, a. [Cf. F. suppuratif.] Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. [1913 Webster] {Suppurative fever} (Med.), py[ae]mia. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suppurative — adjective see suppurate … New Collegiate Dictionary
suppurative — adjective Causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus … Wiktionary
Suppurative — A substance supposed to bring infections to a head . Abrus, Adenanthera, Annona, Argemone, Artocarpus, Bursera, Carica, Cassia, Cochlospermum, Gossypium, Kallstroemia, Mirabilis, Moringa, Protium, Ricinus, Solanum, Tamarindus … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
