1. (

• festering ,
• suppuration ,
• maturation ,

) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus ;

2. (

• pus ,
• purulence ,
• suppuration ,
• ichor ,
• sanies ,
• festering

) a fluid product of inflammation ;

1. (

• fester ,
• maturate ,
• suppurate

) ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" ;