Purulence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The condition of containing or discharging pus.
  • n. Pus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The condition of containing or discharging pus.
  • n. Pus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being purulent; the generation of pus or matter; pus, or its presence; suppuration.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
  • n. a fluid product of inflammation
  • Equivalent
    purulency   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    symptom   
    Cross Reference
    purulency    suppuration    festering    purulent    sanies   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    liason    exuding    hing    trois    dealing