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The answer SUPPURATE has 6 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of suppurate in various dictionaries:
verb - cause to ripen and discharge pus
verb - ripen and generate pus
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Pus is an exudate, typically white-yellow, yellow, or yellow-brown, formed at the site of inflammation during bacterial or fungal infection. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess, whereas a visible collection of pus within or beneath the epidermis is known as a pustule, pimple, or spot. * Pus consists of a thin, protein-rich fluid, known as liquor puris, and dead leukocytes from the body's immune response (mostly neutrophils). During infection, macrophages release cytokines which trigger neutrophils to seek the site of infection by chemotaxis. There, the neutrophils release granules which destroy the bacteria. The bacteria resist the immune response by releasing toxins called leukocidins. As the neutrophils die off from toxins and old age, they are destroyed by macrophages, forming the viscous pus. * Bacteria that cause pus are called pyogenic.Although pus is normally of a whitish-yellow hue, changes in the color can be observed under certain circumsta |