SUPPURATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suppurative mean? 

• SUPPURATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective SUPPURATIVE has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characterized by suppuration

  Familiarity information: SUPPURATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPPURATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characterized by suppuration

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

nonsuppurative (not suppurative)

Pertainym:

suppuration ((medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus)

Derivation:

suppurate (ripen and generate pus)

 Context examples 

A small (less than 5-10 mm) elevation of skin that is non-suppurative.

(Papular Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

Suppurative inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of the eye; not all layers of the uvea are affected.

(Endophthalmitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)