suppurate
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The enlarged cervical glands later undergo softening, or suppurate and burst on the skin surface, forming fungating ulcers.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Such glands rarely suppurate or undergo a necrotic degeneration; sometimes they become permanently indurated.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In cases in which the mucous membrane is affected, the submaxillary lymph gland may also become enlarged and suppurate.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Scrophulous tumours are sometimes absorbed, and sometimes brought to suppurate by passing electric shocks through them daily for two or three weeks.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Soon slight cracks appear transversely, and may gain in depth and width, and may even suppurate.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Vocabulary lists containing suppurate
Beowulf
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Novel Study: Beowulf (trans. Seamus Heaney), Lines 1905–3182
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