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suppurate

/suhp-yuh-reyt/US // ˈsʌp yəˌreɪt //UK // (ˈsʌpjʊˌreɪt) //

化脓的,化脓,化脓性的,化脓性

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sup·pu·rat·ed, sup·pu·rat·ing.

    • : to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.

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Examples

  • If the Fallopian tubes are involved, and this happens frequently, they suppurate, and often they must be removed by coeliotomy.

  • He is in the most favourable position for the wounds in his back and chest to suppurate easily, and absolute rest is necessary.

  • Some of them seemed to be simply swollen red blood corpuscles, ready to burst, or as it were, suppurate.

  • The lymph glands behind the angle of the jaw enlarge and become tender, and may suppurate from superadded infection.

  • The affected glands nearly always break down and suppurate, and after destroying the overlying skin give rise to fungating ulcers.