suppurative adjective & noun. ['sʌpjʊrǝtɪv] LME.
[Old & mod. French suppuratif, -ive, formed as SUPPURATE: see -ATIVE.]
A. adjective.
1. Of a drug etc.: having the property of promoting suppuration. Now rare or obsolete. LME.

2. Of inflammation or infection: attended or characterized by suppuration. L18.
b. noun. A drug etc. which promotes suppuration. Now rare or obsolete. LME.

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