化膿

かのう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive suppuration; festering; purulence; pyosis; coming to a head; infection

Kanji

• 化 transform. Read as カ.
• 膿 pus; fester; discharge. Read as ノウ.

Example sentences

• 傷が化膿しました。
  Pus has formed in the wound.
• 膝の擦り傷が化膿してきた。
  The knee wound is now festering.

Words containing 化膿

• 化膿性 (かのうせい) pyogenetic
• 化膿菌 (かのうきん) pyogenic bacteria
• 化膿性肉芽腫 (かのうせいにくがしゅ) pyogenic granuloma

And 4 more.

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