Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suppuration

2 senses of suppuration

Sense 1
festering, suppuration, maturation -- ((medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus)
       => bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity -- (an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity")

Sense 2
pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering -- (a fluid product of inflammation)
       => liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour -- (the liquid parts of the body)