suppuration
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A spongy cauliflower-shaped mass on the back of his head and other body growths gave off an odious suppuration.
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In their appendicitis, however, "suppuration is the exception rather than the rule, and the primary pathologic change tends to be a massive variety of gangrene, a true tissue death."
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Dread like suppuration oozes from the deep, unmedicated wound in her mind.
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He burns the body to bring on a fever in cases of chronic diseases of the joints, obstinate suppuration, cardiac inflammation following chronic ulceration.
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A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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