suppuration

Noun
  1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus (synset 113501092)
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    is a type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process - an organic process that takes place in the body
    same as: festering, maturation
  2. A fluid product of inflammation (synset 105424816)
    is a type of: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance - the liquid parts of the body
    subtypes: gleet - a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea
    same as: festering, ichor, purulence, pus, sanies

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