a. and sb. rare. [ad. L. suppūrantem, pres. pple. of suppūrāre to SUPPURATE.] = SUPPURATIVE a. 2 and sb.
1767. Gooch, Treat. Wounds, I. 218. Their secret applications, which they termed attrahents, but are to be looked upon only as suppurants.
1889. Mayne’s Med. Vocab. (ed. 6), Suppurant.… festering: suppurating.
