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Definition of suppuration noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

suppuration

noun

/ˌsʌpjuˈreɪʃn/

/ˌsʌpjuˈreɪʃn/

[uncountable] (formal)

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the production of a thick yellow liquid (called pus) in a cut, wound, etc. because of infection

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