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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suppuration \Sup'pu*ra"tion\, noun [L. suppuratio: cf. F. suppuration.]
1. The act or process of suppurating.
2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
suppuration
noun
1: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus [syn: {festering}, {maturation}]
2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {purulence}, {ichor}, {sanies}, {festering}]
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