WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sup•pu•ra•tion
(sup′yə rā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- Pathologythe process of suppurating.
- Pathologythe matter produced by suppuration;
pus.
- Latin suppūrātiōn- (stem of suppūrātiō) a forming of pus. See suppurate, -ion
- 1535–45
'suppuration' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
carbuncle
- cutaneous quittor
- intention
- maturation
- purulent
- pus
- pyosis
- resolution
- resolve
- suppurative
- whitlow