festering

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noun

1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
• Syn:
suppuration, maturation
• Derivationally related forms:
mature (for: maturation), maturate (for: maturation), suppurate (for: suppuration), fester
• Topics:
medicine, medical specialty
• Hypernyms:
bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
2. a fluid product of inflammation
• Syn:
pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies
• Derivationally related forms:
sanious (for: sanies), ichorous (for: ichor), suppurate (for: suppuration)
• Hypernyms:
liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
• Hyponyms:
gleet