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What does suppuration mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) Decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
  2. (medicine) The act of suppurating.
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The main step in the pathogenesis of actinomycosis is disruption of the mucosal membrane leading to suppuration and abscess formation.
Infection was so prevalent that suppuration — the discharge of pus from a surgical wound — was thought to be a necessary part of healing.
A callosity forms and suppuration occurs under it, the pus escaping through a small hole in the centre.
Separation of the necrotic tissue along the fascial planes with suppuration may occur.
The process of pus formation, called suppuration, occurs when the agent that provoked the inflammation is difficult to eliminate.
Carbuncles are clusters of furuncles connected subcutaneously, causing deeper suppuration and scarring.

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