Suppuration

Supˊpu-ra′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

suppuratio

: cf. F.

suppuration

.]

1.

The act or process of suppurating.

2.

The matter produced by suppuration; pus.

,

Noun.

[L. suppuratio.]

1.

The process of generating purulent matter, or of forming pus, as in a wound or abscess; one of the natural terminations of healthy inflammation.

2.

The matter generated by suppuration.

suppuration ‎(plural suppurations)

(medicine) Decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
(medicine) The act of suppurating.
- 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John, An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies, page 178:
  by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal, and other Glands, or in beginning Gangrenes...

decay in tissue producing pus