suppurate

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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.

The absorbed fluids in their course to the veins in the scrophula are arrested in the lymphatic or conglobate glands; which swell, and after a great length of time, inflame and suppurate.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

As soon, however, as these show a tendency to suppurate poultices should be applied, and the resulting ulcer treated as if occurring under other circumstances.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The lymph glands in the neck are usually enlarged and tender, and sometimes they suppurate and give rise to a diffuse cellulitis.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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

From The Secret of the Island by Kingston, William Henry Giles