Syn. — Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression; detention; retention; obstruction.
Suppressive
(Sup*press"ive) a. Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.
Suppressor
(Sup*press"or) n. [L., hider.] One who suppresses.
Supprise
(Sup*prise") v. t. To surprise. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Suppurant
(Sup"pu*rant) n. (Med.) A suppurative.
Suppurate
(Sup"pu*rate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Suppurated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppurating.] [L. suppuratus,
p. p. of suppurare to suppurate, cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See Pus.] To
generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.
Suppurate
(Sup"pu*rate), v. t. To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. Arbuthnot.
Suppuration
(Sup`pu*ra"tion) n. [L. suppuratio: cf. F. suppuration.]
1. The act or process of suppurating.
2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus.
Suppurative
(Sup"pu*ra*tive) a. [Cf. F. suppuratif.] Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.
Suppurative fever (Med.), pyæmia.
Suppurative
(Sup"pu*ra*tive), n. (Med.) A suppurative medicine.
Supputate
(Sup"pu*tate) v. t. [L. supputatus, p. p. of supputare. See Suppute.] To suppute. [Obs.]
Supputation
(Sup`pu*ta"tion) n. [L. supputatio: cf. F. supputation.] Reckoning; account. [Obs.]
Suppute
(Sup*pute") v. t. [F. supputer, or L. supputare; sub under + putare to reckon.] To reckon; to
compute; to suppose; to impute. [Obs.] Drayton.
Supra
(Su"pra) adv. [L.; akin to super. See Super-.] Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; — much
used as a prefix.
Supra-acromial
(Su`pra-a*cro"mi*al) a. (Anat.) Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.
Supra-angular
(Su`pra-an"gu*lar) a. (Anat.) See Surangular.
Supra-auricular
(Su`pra-au*ric"u*lar) a. (Zoöl.) Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; — said of
certain feathers of birds. — n. A supra-auricular feather.
Supra-axillary
(Su"pra-ax"il*la*ry) a. (Bot.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle.
See Suprafoliaceous.
Suprabranchial
(Su`pra*bran"chi*al) a. (Zoöl.) Situated above the branchiæ; — applied especially to the
upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.
Suprachoroid
(Su`pra*cho"roid Su`pra*cho*roid"al) a. (Anat.) Situated above the choroid; - - applied to
the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.
Supraciliary
(Su`pra*cil"i*a*ry) a. (Anat.) Superciliary.
