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purulent
[ pyoor-uh-luhnt, pyoor-yuh- ]
adjective
- full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating:
a purulent sore.
- attended with suppuration:
purulent appendicitis.
- of the nature of or like pus:
purulent matter.
purulent
/ ˈpjʊərʊlənt /
adjective
- of, relating to, or containing pus
Derived Forms
- ˈpurulence, noun
- ˈpurulently, adverb
Other Words From
- puru·lent·ly adverb
- non·puru·lent adjective
- non·puru·lent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of purulent1
Example Sentences
The news release said that Eddie Bernice Johnson’s orthopedic surgeon noted in his record that Johnson had some complications after the operation after being found in bed sitting in her own feces and three days later she began having “copious purulent drainage from the low lumbar incision.”
"She had a string of purulent nasal discharge hanging from her right nostril and had an accumulation of green discharge in her eyes," the inspector’s report reads.
"She had a string of purulent nasal discharge hanging from her right nostril and had an accumulation of green discharge in her eyes," the report reads.
"She had a string of purulent nasal discharge hanging from her right nostril and had an accumulation of green discharge in her eyes," the report reads.
The man, who was not identified in the report published in the medical journal Urology Case Reports, was brought to a local emergency room with a rapid heartbeat and fever, as well as swelling and drainage – described as “foul-smelling, purulent fluid” – coming from two open wounds on his scrotum.
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