Definition of "suppurates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of suppurate. (verb)

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• "And when wounded to a similar or inferior degree by weapons of the same or even of an inferior power, the bone of a young person more readily and quickly suppurates, and that in less time than the bone of an older person; and in accidents, which are to prove fatal, the younger person will die sooner than the elder."
• "Younger persons die before the ear suppurates; only if white matter run from the ear, there may be hope that a younger person will recover, provided any other favorable symptom be combined."
• "A sore suppurates when the blood is changed and becomes heated; so that becoming putrid, it constitutes the pus of such ulcers."