suppurate
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If the Fallopian tubes are involved, and this happens frequently, they suppurate, and often they must be removed by coeliotomy.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
It must be noted, that these kinds of inflammation can exist together; and some parts of the cellular membrane may suppurate at the same time that the external skin is affected with erythema, or erysipelas.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
The diseased action extends into the throat, mouth and eyes, while the whole face becomes swollen and erysipelatous, and the lymphatic glands under the jaws inflame and suppurate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 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.
When boils progress to the stage where they appear about to "point" then stop and do not suppurate, Echinacea is the remedy.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Vocabulary lists containing suppurate
Beowulf
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Novel Study: Beowulf (trans. Seamus Heaney), Lines 1905–3182
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