Meaning & use
suppuration
The formation or discharge of pus from an infected wound or sore.
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The nurse cleaned the wound daily to prevent further suppuration and infection.
Suppuration around the stitches signaled that the incision had become infected.
A note on using this word
Suppuration is a clinical, medical term; everyday speech more simply describes a wound as oozing pus.
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