suppuratif
Definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of SUPPURATIF, IVE adject.
Qui fait suppurer. Onguent suppuratif, drogues suppuratives. Les suppuratifs sont chauds & humides, qui en augmentant la chaleur de la partie, font resoudre la mauvaise humeur en bouë & pus, comme les mauves, guimauves, racines de lis, &c. On disoit autrefois suppuratoire.
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