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purulent(dictionary)
Purulent(medicine)
Purulent(health)
purulent synovitis(medicine)
purulent retinitis(medicine)
purulent pneumonia(medicine)
purulent pleurisy(medicine)
purulent pericarditis(medicine)
purulent ophthalmia(medicine)

purulent (iou)



purulent adjective. LME.
[French, or Latin purulentus, from pur-, pus PUS: see -ULENT.]
Of the nature of or resembling pus. Also (rare), corrupt, putrid. LME.
Containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating, festering; characterized or accompanied by the formation of pus. E17.
purulence noun (now rare) (a) the fact of being purulent; the formation of pus; (b) purulent matter, pus: L16.
purulency noun (now rare) the quality or state of being purulent L16.
purulently adverb M19.