suppurative

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adjective

Of a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.

Opposite
nonsuppurative
OriginLatin suppūrātīvus →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivesuppurative (comparative more suppurative, superlative most suppurative)

comparative more suppurative · superlative most suppurative

  1. medicineOf a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
nounsuppurative (plural suppuratives)

plural suppuratives

  1. A medicine that causes suppuration.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to or characterized by suppuration

Opposite
nonsuppurative

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsuppūrātīvus
  2. Englishsuppurative

From suppurate + -ive, from Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō.

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Translations

French suppuratif, suppurative
  • suppuratifcausing the production of pus
  • suppurativecausing the production of pus
Italian suppurativo
  • suppurativocausing the production of pus
Portuguese supurativo
  • supurativocausing the production of pus
Romanian supurativ
  • supurativcausing the production of pus
Turkish süpüratif
  • süpüratifcausing the production of pus
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APA

suppurative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppurative

MLA

“suppurative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppurative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suppurative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppurative.

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