suppurative

[ suhp-yuh-rey-tiv ]

/ ˈsʌp yəˌreɪ tɪv /

suppurating; characterized by suppuration.

promoting suppuration.

a medicine or application that promotes suppuration.

Origin of suppurative

From the Medieval Latin word suppūrātīvus, dating back to 1535–45. See suppurate, -ive

non·sup·pu·ra·tive, adjective post·sup·pu·ra·tive, adjective un·sup·pu·ra·tive, adjective

All inflammatory and suppurative diseases cause leukocytosis, except when slight or well walled off.

A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis |James Campbell Todd
But he does not say why it is that there is no such coagulation in suppurative processes, where the leucocytes are more numerous.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
Suppurative disease of the middle ear is a more common cause of facial paralysis.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
He was the first to observe that its suppurative form does not occur primarily, but is secondary to coagulation of the blood.

An Epitome of the History of Medicine |Roswell Park

There was a question in men's minds as to whether nature worked better by primary union or by means of the suppurative process.

The Thirteenth |James J. Walsh

suppurative

/ (ˈsʌpjʊrətɪv) /

causing suppuration

any suppurative drug