† suppurableadj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French suppurable; Latin suppurabilis.

Etymology: < (i) French suppurable (1615 or earlier; compare Middle French insuppurable (16th cent. in an isolated attestation)), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin suppurabilis (1537 or earlier) < classical Latin suppūrāre suppurate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.

Medicine. Obsolete.

Capable of becoming, forming, or discharging pus; (later also) suppurating, suppurative. Also in figurative context.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective]

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1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. ii. 1041 The qualities of sorrell are commended to generate pus: for whilest it keepeth the heat within, it encreaseth his effects, to the thickening of the suppurable [L. suppurabilis] matter.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 286 The Liver is of little sense;..therefore crude ones [sc. tumours] cannot be distinguished from suppurable ones, but in process of time.

1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xxvii. 94 Should it not rather be a Reflux of suppurable Matter?

1748 J. Profily Easy & Exact Method curing Venereal Dis. (ed. 2) 258 The cunning and crafty Man..having (as I am sure) apply'd hot and caustic Remedies on your Ulcer, designing thereby to render it painful, hard and suppurable, as a Shanker is.

1830 W. Orme Pract. Wks. Rev. Richard Baxter VII. i. 52 That which is not suppurable is oft incurable.

1885 Lancet 28 Nov. 845/1 A case is recorded by Dr. Hullett Browne of suppurable pyelitis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	suppurable
释义	† suppurableadj. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French suppurable; Latin suppurabilis. Etymology: < (i) French suppurable (1615 or earlier; compare Middle French insuppurable (16th cent. in an isolated attestation)), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin suppurabilis (1537 or earlier) < classical Latin suppūrāre suppurate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Medicine. Obsolete. Capable of becoming, forming, or discharging pus; (later also) suppurating, suppurative. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] fouleOE festereda1398 quitterya1398 quittorousa1398 festrya1400 purulent?a1425 suppurate?a1425 matterativec1487 mattereda1500 mattery1527 attery1535 sanious1562 festering1563 matterish1566 infestered1570 ulcerated1580 suppurated1583 sordid1597 corsie1605 fistulating1607 rankling1631 suppurable1634 rancorous1635 undercotted1636 undercotting1637 suppuratory1659 puriform1668 quittorish1668 suppurating1671 scandalous1676 suppurative1746 suppurant1799 gleety1822 puruloid1846 pyoid1846 colloid substance1849 peptic1884 pussy1888 maturable1889 fretty1894 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. ii. 1041 The qualities of sorrell are commended to generate pus: for whilest it keepeth the heat within, it encreaseth his effects, to the thickening of the suppurable [L. suppurabilis] matter. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 286 The Liver is of little sense;..therefore crude ones [sc. tumours] cannot be distinguished from suppurable ones, but in process of time. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. xxvii. 94 Should it not rather be a Reflux of suppurable Matter? 1748 J. Profily Easy & Exact Method curing Venereal Dis. (ed. 2) 258 The cunning and crafty Man..having (as I am sure) apply'd hot and caustic Remedies on your Ulcer, designing thereby to render it painful, hard and suppurable, as a Shanker is. 1830 W. Orme Pract. Wks. Rev. Richard Baxter VII. i. 52 That which is not suppurable is oft incurable. 1885 Lancet 28 Nov. 845/1 A case is recorded by Dr. Hullett Browne of suppurable pyelitis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1634
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