suppuration

English

Etymology

1540s, from Latin suppūrātiō.

Noun

suppuration (countable and uncountable, plural suppurations)

(medicine) Decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
(medicine) The act of suppurating.
- 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John, An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies‎, 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

Audio (file)

Noun

suppuration f (plural suppurations)

suppuration

Descendants

→ Romanian: supurație
→ Turkish: süpürasyon

Further reading

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

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