suppurative

English

Etymology

From the Modern Latin suppūrātīvus, from suppūrō.

Adjective

suppurative (comparative more suppurative, superlative most suppurative)

1. (medicine, pathology) Of a disease or medical condition, causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.

Derived terms

• chronic suppurative otitis media
• suppuratively (rare)

Translations

causing the production of pus

French: suppuratif (fr) m, suppurative (fr) f Italian: suppurativo (it) Portuguese: supurativo Romanian: supurativ Turkish: süpüratif

Noun

suppurative (plural suppuratives)

1. A medicine that causes suppuration.

Related terms

• suppurant
• suppuration

French

Adjective

suppurative

1. feminine singular of suppuratif

Italian

Adjective

suppurative

1. feminine plural of suppurativo