SUPPURATIVE
\sˈʌpjʊɹˌe͡ɪtɪv], \sˈʌpjʊɹˌeɪtɪv], \s_ˈʌ_p_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_v]\
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A medicine that promotes suppuration.
By Daniel Lyons
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Same etymon. That which facilitates suppuration. Suppuratives are, generally, vesicants mixed with lard.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).