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Webster 1913 Edition

Purulent

Pu′ru-lent

,
Adj.
[L.
purulentus
, fr.
pus
,
puris
, pus, matter: cf. F.
purulent
. See
Pus
.]
(Med.)
Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration;
as,
purulent
inflammation
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Purulent

PU'RULENT

,
Adj.
Consisting of pus or matter; partaking of the nature of pus.

Definition 2024

purulent

purulent

English

Adjective

purulent ‎(comparative more purulent, superlative most purulent)

  1. (medicine) Consisting of pus
  2. leaking or seeping pus
    purulent inflammation.
  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:purulent.

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References

purulent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

From Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs ‎(“pus”).

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