suppurate

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Soon slight cracks appear transversely, and may gain in depth and width, and may even suppurate.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Such glands rarely suppurate or undergo a necrotic degeneration; sometimes they become permanently indurated.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The enlarged cervical glands later undergo softening, or suppurate and burst on the skin surface, forming fungating ulcers.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The Pustules appear, grow large, suppurate and attain their Maturity, without confining the Patient to his Bed, or lessening either his Sleep, or Appetite.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

When the outer skin begins to suppurate, it should be removed with a pair of pincers, and the patch treated as an open wound.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.