Suppurate, sup′ū-rāt, v.i. to gather pus or matter.—n. Suppurā′tion, a morbid process which gives rise to the formation of pus, one of the commonest products of inflammation.—adj. Supp′urātive, tending to suppurate: promoting suppuration.—n. a medicine which promotes suppuration. [L. sub, under, pus, pur-is, pus.]
Supraciliary, sū-pra-sil′i-ar-i, adj. above the eyebrow.—Also Supercil′iary.
Supraclavicular, sū-pra-kla-vik′ū-lar, adj. situated above the clavicle or collar-bone.
Supracostal, sū-pra-kost′al, adj. above or upon the ribs.
Supracretaceous, sū-pra-krē-tā′shus, adj. (geol.) denoting strata lying above the chalk.
Supralapsarian, sū-pra-laps-ā′ri-an, n. one of a class of Calvinists who make the decree of election and predestination to precede the Creation and the Fall—opp. to Sublapsarian.—adj. pertaining to the Supralapsarians or to their opinions.—n. Supralapsā′rianism. [L. supra, above, beyond, labi, lapsus, to fall.]
Supralateral, sū-pra-lat′ėr-al, adj. placed on the upper part of the side.
Supralunar, sū-pra-lū′nar, adj. beyond the moon: very lofty.
Supramaxillary, sū-pra-mak′si-lā-ri, adj. pertaining to the upper jaw.—n. the superior maxillary or upper jaw-bone.
Supramundane, sū-pra-mun′dān, adj. above the world.