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SUPPURATIVE
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I. (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)
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