suppuration
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He burns the body to bring on a fever in cases of chronic diseases of the joints, obstinate suppuration, cardiac inflammation following chronic ulceration.
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Dread like suppuration oozes from the deep, unmedicated wound in her mind.
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A spongy cauliflower-shaped mass on the back of his head and other body growths gave off an odious suppuration.
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In their appendicitis, however, "suppuration is the exception rather than the rule, and the primary pathologic change tends to be a massive variety of gangrene, a true tissue death."
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Still more rarely suppuration of the submaxillary or the cervical glands has been met with.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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