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NONSUPPURATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonsuppurative mean?
• NONSUPPURATIVE (adjective)
The adjective NONSUPPURATIVE has 1 sense:
1. not suppurative
Familiarity information: NONSUPPURATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not suppurative
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
suppurative (relating to or characterized by suppuration)
Pertainym:
suppuration ((medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus)
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