a. Obs. rare. [ad. mod.L. suppūrābilis, f. L. suppūrāre to SUPPURATE: see -ABLE.] Liable to suppurate; suppurating.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., VIII. 286. The Liver is of little sense;… therefore crude ones [sc. tumours] cannot be distinguished from suppurable ones, but in process of time.
1758. J. S., Le Dran’s Observ. Surg. (1771), 88. A Reflux of suppurable Matter.
