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Definition: Suppurative |
SuppurativeAdjective1. Relating to or characterized by suppuration. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suppurative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
"Suppurative" is a common misspelling or typo for: superlative, supportive. |
| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | A substance supposed to bring infections to a head . Abrus, Adenanthera, Annona, Argemone, Artocarpus, Bursera, Carica, Cassia, Cochlospermum, Gossypium, Kallstroemia, Mirabilis, Moringa, Protium, Ricinus, Solanum, Tamarindus. (references) |
Medicine | Consisting of, containing, associated with, or identified by the formation of pus. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: nonsuppurative (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Suppurative |
| English words defined with "suppurative": nonsuppurative ♦ Suppurant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suppurative": Actinobacillosis, African glanders ♦ blepharitis gangraenosa ♦ CAVANILLESIA PLATANIFOLIA ♦ Empyema, Pleural, epizootic lymphangitis ♦ flegmon or phlegmon ♦ gangrenous blepharitis ♦ Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Histoplasma farciminosum infection ♦ Japanese farcy ♦ Lymphangitis epizootica ♦ Neapolitan farcy ♦ Panophthalmitis, Periapical Periodontitis, pseudofarcy, pseudoglanders. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A suppurative disease caused by Gram-positive endogenous oral bacteria of the family Actinomycetaceae. Note the fibrotic, thick-walled abscess formation, and presence of granulation tissue indicative of a chronic inflammatory process. Credit: CDC. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Illness from melioidosis can be categorized as acute or localized infection, acute pulmonary infection, acute bloodstream infection, and chronic suppurative infection. (references) | |
The types of infection include localized, pus-forming cutaneous infections, pulmonary infections, bloodstream infections, and chronic suppurative infections of the skin. Generalized symptoms of glanders include fever, muscle aches, chest pain, muscle tightness, and headache. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Suppurative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Suppurative" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "suppurative": suppurative fever. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hidradenitis suppurative | 10 |
hidrandentitis suppurative | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "suppurative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | purulent (purulent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | purulentus (purulent), purulent (purulent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | märkivä (purulent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | purulent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eitrig (purulent, ulcerous, ulcerously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμπύωση (purulence), εμπυωτικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתמ'ל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | purulento (purulent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 化膿菌 (suppurative germ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かのうき" (deposit, suppurative germ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uppurativesay queilite glandular supurativa de Volkmann (suppurative glandular cheilitis), paniculite não supurativa tipo Makai-Rothman (non suppurative panniculitis Makai-Rothman type), nefrite glomerular focal (focal glomerular nephritis, Lochlein focal nephritis, suppurative focal nephritis), nefrite focal supurativa (focal glomerular nephritis, Lochlein focal nephritis, suppurative focal nephritis), nefrite focal de Lochlein (focal glomerular nephritis, Lochlein focal nephritis, suppurative focal nephritis), hepatite supurativa (suppurative hepatitis), hepatite purulenta (suppurative hepatitis), coroidite purulenta (suppurative choroiditis), colecistite supurada (suppurative cholecystitis), bronquite purulenta (putrid bronchitis, suppurative bronchitis), angiopancreatite supurativa (suppurative angio-pancreatitis), angina flegmonosa (phlegmonous angina, quinsy suppurative tonsillitis). (various references) purulent (festering, foul, purulent, running). (various references) гноящийся (purulent). (various references) purulento (purulent). (various references) irin oluşturan, iltihap yapan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-p-p-r-s-t-u-u-v" | |
-2 letters: peripatus, suppurate. | |
-3 letters: periapts, privates. | |
-4 letters: apprise, auteurs, euripus, parties, parvise, pasteup, pastier, pasture, paupers, paviser, periapt, piaster, piastre, pirates, priapus, private, privets, pupates, pursuit, revuist, sappier, spaviet, stuiver, tappers, tippers, traipse, upraise, uprates, upstair, upstare, uptears, vastier, veritas, virtues. | |
-5 letters: airest, aivers, aspire, aureus, aurist, auteur, averts, erupts, esprit, papers, papist, pareus, paries. | |
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