SUPPURATIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characterized by suppuration

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

nonsuppurative (not suppurative)

Pertainym:

suppuration ((medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus)

Derivation:

suppurate (ripen and generate pus)

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