suppurative
The English word “suppurative” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
noun
- A medicine that causes suppuration.
Etymology
From suppurate + -ive, from Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō.
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