suppurative

English

Etymology

From the Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō.

Adjective

suppurative (comparative more suppurative, superlative most suppurative)

(medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.

Derived terms

chronic suppurative otitis media
suppuratively (rare)

Translations

causing the production of pus

French: suppuratif (fr) m, suppurative (fr) f
Italian: suppurativo (it)
Portuguese: supurativo
Romanian: supurativ
Turkish: süpüratif

Noun

suppurative (plural suppuratives)

A medicine that causes suppuration.

Related terms

suppuration

French

Adjective

suppurative

feminine singular of suppuratif

Italian

Adjective

suppurative

feminine plural of suppurativo

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