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suppurating
This term is a technical medical descriptor used to describe the active discharge of pus from an infected site. It carries a visceral, clinical connotation of decay and biological failure, evoking a sense of wetness and inflammation. Because of its specificity, it is rarely used in casual conversation, where words like infected or oozing are more common.
In a clinical setting, the word describes a specific stage of the inflammatory response where white blood cells and dead tissue accumulate. It is almost exclusively used in a negative biological context, signaling a complication or a failure of a wound to heal cleanly.
Meanings
Examples
The patient presented with a suppurating wound on the lower leg.
Look at this suppurating sore; it needs to be drained immediately.
The zombie had a suppurating lesion across its cheek that smelled of decay.
I can see the bandage is soaked through with fluid from the suppurating infection.
The knight clutched his side where a suppurating gash refused to heal.
Is the incision still suppurating after three days of antibiotics?
He stared in horror at the suppurating blister forming on his palm.
The old records described the plague victims as having suppurating buboes in their armpits.