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Purulent means (medicine) Consisting of pus..
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/ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/ · adjective
(medicine) Consisting of pus..
Near-synonym: puriform
It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
purulent inflammation
Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.
Use purulent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Purulent means (medicine) Consisting of pus..
Common synonyms include puriform, pussy, suppurant, putrid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: puriform
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