a. and sb. Obs. rare. [ad. L. suppūrātōrius, f. suppūrāt-: see SUPPURATE v. and -ORY2.] = SUPPURATIVE a. 2 and sb.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., I. xiv. 30. That [medicament] is called Διαπνητικὸν, or a suppuratory, which is most congruent and like to our nature.
1730. Phil. Trans., XXXVI. 362. Purulent, suppuratory and scrophulous Distempers.
1747. trans. Astruc’s Fevers, 280. At the approach of the suppuratory fever.
