| VERB | body | suppurate, mature | cause to ripen and discharge pus |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | suppurate, fester, maturate | ripen and generate pus |
| Meaning | Cause to ripen and discharge pus. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The oil suppurates the pustules" | |
| Synonym | mature | |
| Broader | draw | Cause to localize at one point |
| Similar to | fester, maturate, suppurate | ripen and generate pus |
| Catalan | supurar | |
| Nouns | suppuration | a fluid product of inflammation |
| suppuration | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | |
| Meaning | ripen and generate pus. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Synonyms | fester, maturate | |
| Broader | exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release | Eliminate (a substance) |
| Similar to | suppurate, mature | Cause to ripen and discharge pus |
| Spanish | enconarse, infectar, supurar, ulcerarse | |
| Catalan | supurar | |
| Adjectives | suppurative | relating to or characterized by suppuration |
| Nouns | suppuration | a fluid product of inflammation |
| suppuration | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | |
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