‖ diapyˈesis Path.
[mod.L., a. Gr. διαπύησις, f. διαπυεῖν to suppurate.]
Suppuration. Hence diapyˈetic a. and n., diapyˈetical a.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 699 Both of them [greater and lesser Basilicum] are Diapyetical. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Diapyeticks, Medicines that cause Swellings to suppurate or run with Matter, or that ripen and break Sores. 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Diapyesis. |