verb
- to form or discharge pus
Usage: medical
Examples
- The wound began to suppurate after several days without proper care.
- If left untreated, the infection will suppurate and spread.
- The doctor warned that the cut might suppurate if not kept clean.
- Antibiotics prevented the injury from beginning to suppurate.
- The abscess continued to suppurate despite treatment.
- Poor hygiene can cause minor scratches to suppurate.