suppuration
The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
Noun
- The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
- The act of suppurating.
- by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes... - 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John, An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies, page 178:
Origin
First use appears c. 1425. From Latin suppūrātiō.