Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUP-PU-RA'TION
SUP-PU-RA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. suppuratio.]
- The process of producing purulent matter, or of forming pus, as in a wound or abscess; one of the natural terminations of phlegmonous inflammation. – Cyc. Cooper. Wiseman.
- The matter produced by suppuration.
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